Find that job: Lesson 65. Make luck work for you
Does luck play a part in creating a successful business? And if it does, is it possible to increase it? According to Doug Richard from a business consultancy the Library House, luck plays a big role in creating a successful business. There simply isn't an entrepreneur who is the sole creator of his own success. In business, there is always an element of chance and therefore there is always an element of luck.
So if there is all this luck out there, how can you make it work for you? The secret is to be ready for it when it appears. Luck presents itself as an unexpected opportunity - it rarely happens the way you expect. So the only way you can prepare for luck is to be open to everything around you. Only then will you spot and grab an opportunity when it comes your way. And do it quickly, before anybody else does!
According to an expert at Business Link, a British company which advises businesses, one simple way to improve your share of good luck is to network with other people as much as possible. That's when you spot opportunities. And the wider your network the more opportunities you see and the more chances you get. What people call luck is really getting a return on all that intangible work they have put in. So, is luck all about hard work then?
David Lewis, a neuropsychologist who runs another business advisory service, the MindLab, doesn't believe in luck as an external force. He is convinced however, that believing in being lucky helps some people. How? Because it increases their level of confidence and changes their psychology, so they actually do become luckier - because they're not afraid to seize opportunities that may have once appeared too risky.
So go on, be a lucky devil! Act as if you are lucky and you probably will be. Act as if you are unlucky and you almost certainly will be.
a Słowniczek
luck - szczęście, łut szczęścia, szczęśliwy traf
to play a part - odgrywać rolę
to increase - rosnąć, wzrastać, zwiększać (się)
to create - tworzyć, tu: zakładać
successful business - dochodowy/dobrze prosperujący biznes
entrepreneur - przedsiębiorca
sole creator - wyłączny twórca
chance - szansa, okazja
to appear - pojawić się
to present itself - pojawić się
unexpected opportunity - niespodziewana okazja
to spot - zauważyć, dostrzec, spostrzec
to grab - łapać, chwytać
to come one's way - nadarzyć się
to advise - radzić, doradzać, udzielać porad/informacji
to network - nawiązywać/rozbudowywać sieć kontaktów
to get a return on sth - przynieść korzyść, 'procentować'
intangible - nieuchwytny, niematerialny, nienamacalny
the work they have put in - praca, jaką włożyli
to run - prowadzić, zarządzać
business advisory service - doradztwo w sprawie działalności gospodarczej
external force - siła zewnętrzna
convinced - przekonany
to believe - wierzyć
confidence - wiara we własne siły
to seize - schwytać, złapać
risky - ryzykowny
lucky devil - szczęściarz, szczęśliwiec, wybraniec losu
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