Lady Luck

But is he lucky?

One of the factors that seems to be overlooked in the success of musicians is that of luck.

We do not believe in luck in the way that we did, and that has changed within my life time, however in every interview that I do for the forthcoming podcast with successful musicians it comes up again and again; the chance meeting, the odd intervention, the unusual conversation etc.

Now I am sure that waiting for luck by sitting at home is not going to endear her to you but going out courting her obviously does. Lady Luck however fickle does seem to play a part in most people’s experience of the lucky break that they are looking for.

There is a quote which is, ‘The harder I work the luckier I get’, which I am sure is not quite complete because it could be a little bit saying, ‘The harder I dig the more of the world I will see’. Maybe better said that, ‘The more connections I make the more the doors I open’. So for developing the contacts and opening possibilities and then focusing on the short term (if you look at the long-term you may miss what is right in front of you) may focus you to become lucky.

The quote at the beginning from Napoleon was one I quoted before as his reply given to an officer about promoting someone to Marshall. So obviously Napoleon believed in luck or good fortune and why would he not as most soldiers and sailors certainly believe in fate in some form?

So let us do what is necessary to attract luck, we could look back to see when it happened before, and give yourself the same ideas the conditions that are favourable at the time. Maybe lady luck will shine on you again.

Remember it is not about why psychologically it works, does it? And it seems for the ones who believe in it, it does.

Vic

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