The Book of Luck Brilliant Ideas for Creating Your Own Success and Making Life Go Your Way

by Summers, Heather; Watson, Anne

• ISBN13: 9781841126357
• ISBN10: 1841126357
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-10
• Publisher: Capstone Ltd

Summary

Master "The Book of Luck's seven principles and you will find yourself being lucky, always. 1. CONTROL-ABILITY Control-Ability is about choosing and flexing your response to events and situations that arise, no matter how difficult they may be. "Result? Less blaming the unkind hand of fate and more "lucky breaks. 2. STICK-ABILITY Stick-Ability is about perseverance, tenacity and following things through even when the odds are against you. It is about finishing off what you start. "Result? Achieving goals no one else thought possible. 3. RISK-ABILITY Risk-Ability is about having the confidence to take a chance rather than plumping for the safe bet. It means having an open mind and a willingness to think differently. "Result? More lucky opportunities will come your way. 4. SENSE-ABILITY Sense-Ability means using all your senses and feelings to heighten your awareness of lucky opportunities. It includes making the most of gut feeling and intuition. "Result? Having the confidence to rely on your inner voice. 5. SOCIA-ABILITY Socia-Ability is the knack of relating easily to other people in a variety of contexts. "Result? More lucky coincidences. 6. PERCEPT-ABILITY Percept-Ability is all about how you look at life, events, yourself and others. Is your attitude to life optimistic? Do you shrug off (small) worries and concerns? If you do, this is true percept-ability! "Result? The ability to turn bad luck into good. 7. PERSON-ABILITY Person-Ability is knowing yourself well enough to recognise what works well for you and what can work against you. "Result? Being able to harness all your natural luckskills.

Author Biography

Heather Summers is an experienced senior executive who now runs her own successful human resources and management consultancy business. As well as strategic consultancy she specialises in executive coaching, personal growth coaching and training. Heather believes we all have much more potential than we give ourselves credit for. All the training that she is involved in, including the Luck Workshops she runs with Anne Watson, help people find and fulfil that potential.

Heather holds an MBA, has an MA in English Literature and French, is qualified in Psychometrics and is a Master Practitioner of NLP. She is married with 2 children and lives in Harrogate.

Anne Watson runs an executive search business that focuses on finding high achieving executives for businesses, and works with teams to ensure that they achieve their potential. In 1998 she sold a successful business, gaining the freedom to work in those areas that she is most passionate about. This includes running Luck Workshops with Heather Summers and challenging participants to take charge of their own destiny and outperform their own expectations. She has an MA Hons in Hispanic Languages, speaks four other languages including Urdu, is a qualified psychometrician and is a Master Practitioner in NLP. She is married with 2 children and divides her time between London and Harrogate.

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Table of Contents

Luck Master Discussions	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction: Chance Your Luck	1	(16)
1 Control-Ability	17	(26)
Control-Ability and what it means for you	17	(10)
Create your own success: create Control-Ability	27	(1)
Make life go your way	28	(1)
Brilliant Ideas for using Control-Ability to increase your luck	29	(7)
Brilliant Ideas pushed to the outer limits	36	(7)
2 Stick-Ability	43	(24)
Stick-Ability and what it means for you	43	(9)
Create your own success: create Stick-Ability	52	(1)
Make life go your way	53	(2)
Brilliant Ideas for using Stick-Ability to increase your luck	55	(5)
Brilliant Ideas pushed to the outer limits	60	(7)
3 Risk-Ability	67	(24)
Risk-Ability and what it means for you	67	(6)
Create your own success: create Risk-Ability	73	(3)
Make life go your way	76	(3)
Brilliant Ideas for using Risk-Ability to increase your luck	79	(6)
Brilliant Ideas pushed to the outer limits	85	(6)
4 Sense-Ability	91	(22)
Sense-Ability and what it means for you	91	(5)
Create your own success: create Sense-Ability	96	(2)
Make life go your way	98	(1)
Brilliant Ideas for using Sense-Ability to increase your luck	98	(7)
Brilliant Ideas pushed to the outer limits	105	(8)
5 Socia-Ability	113	(28)
Socia-Ability and what it means for you	113	(7)
Create your own success: create Socia-Ability	120	(2)
Make life go your way	122	(4)
Brilliant Ideas for using Socia-Ability to increase your luck	126	(8)
Brilliant Ideas pushed to the outer limits	134	(7)
6 Percept-Ability	141	(30)
Percept-Ability and what it means for you	141	(10)
Create your own success: create Percept-Ability	151	(2)
Make life go your way	153	(1)
Brilliant Ideas for using Percept-Ability to increase your luck	153	(12)
Brilliant Ideas pushed to the outer limits	165	(6)
7 Person-Ability	171	(18)
Person-Ability and what it means for you	171	(7)
Create your own success: create Person-Ability	178	(2)
Make life go your way	180	(1)
Brilliant Ideas for using Person-Ability
to increase your luck	180	(6)
Brilliant Ideas pushed to the outer limits	186	(3)
Case Studies: People in the Spotlight	189	(44)
Case Study 1 Richard O'Sullivan: Managing Director of Millie's Cookies	192	(7)
Case Study 2 Bhim Ruia: founder of the Ruia Group	199	(4)
Case Study 3 Tom Bloxham MBE: Group Chairman of Urban Splash	203	(5)
Case Study 4 Peter Donnelly: founder of the Eisenegger brand	208	(5)
Case Study 5 Terry Flanagan: Chief Executive of Mason Communications	213	(5)
Case Study 6 Lal Kumar: Chairman of Rajan Imports	218	(4)
Case Study 7 Andy Gilbert: Managing Director of Go MAD	222	(6)
Case Study 8 Val Gooding CBE: Chief Executive of BUPA	228	(5)
Luck in Your Business	233	(2)
Index	235