Media person Liang Wendao said this in the "Round Table Pie" program:
I never felt like I was successful, and if you really think I've achieved anything or succeeded, the only thing I can think of is because I'm lucky, not because I'm focused, hardworking, talented, but lucky.
I've seen the vast majority of successful people, but a lot of growth depends on luck.
You'll find that most people attribute their success to their own efforts, and only a few attribute their success to their luck.
You will also find that there are always people around you who have extraordinary good luck, as if they have a mysterious "good luck constitution".
In the book "Good Luck", the author Yu Yingzheng reveals many laws and laws about good luck, leading us to reshape our own "good luck system".
In the short term, luck is full of chance; In the long run, good fortune will always favor those who follow the "law of good luck".
Is it hard work or luck that matters?
Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi, once said such a heartfelt statement:
"It was only at the age of 40 that I realized that hard work is not omnipotent, don't get into the horns, you must reconcile with yourself, follow the trend, but your dreams are easier to achieve."
He said: Entrepreneurship really requires a little luck, and it needs to make accurate judgments on the general trend. No matter how smart and hardworking you are, never underestimate the importance of the tuyere.
Looking back on the past 30 years, there have been many opportunities in our lives:
For example, the tide of going to the sea to do business in the 90s, the Internet boom after 2010, and the later era of self-media.
Each wave of enthusiasm has created a wealth of those who dared to try and make mistakes and actively participate in action at that time.
Lei Jun is the lucky one who succeeded in starting a business in the Internet boom.
Some people happen to catch a wave of trends and make a lot of money; And some lucky ones have seized several waves of trends one after another and have been walking on the cusp of the times.
Many people think that they can get rich if they work hard enough. But that's not the case, and it takes some luck to get rich.
UBS analysed 1,300 billionaires and found that most of their wealth was acquired in the last 20 years.
For example, billionaires in the United States rely mainly on technology finance.
As mentioned in the book "Good Luck", one of the truths of good luck is that the luck of the industry and the times is the cornerstone of personal prosperity.
So, how can you seize the luck of the industry and the times? I have summarized three methodologies from the book.
First, embrace uncertainty.
Everyone wants to be certain because certainty brings security, but good fortune favors those who dare to embrace uncertainty.
Because in the quantum world, uncertainty is an essential thing.
Just like each of us coming into this world, it is a great luck in itself.
And if you were born into a wealthy family, then, as Warren Buffett said, you have won the "ovarian lottery".
There is no choice in birth, what we can do is to face more uncertainty within the scope of what we can bear, try more, do more new things, and try and make mistakes.
Because luck is based on uncertainty.
Second, focus on creating value, rather than gambling on luck.
The book says that gambling luck will not last long, never gamble, and everything that uses money to make money has only a small probability of being addicted.
How many people rushed into the stock market without understanding stocks at all, and ended up being cut leeks.
How many people, because they don't understand the technology of the industry, blindly invest, trying to win huge returns, and finally lose all their capital.
In the past two years, there has been a very popular saying, called - money earned by luck will eventually be lost by ability.
So, good luck and gambling are two different things, never gamble.
True good luck is not about focusing on how much money you can make, but focusing on creating value for others and society first.
Navarre, a well-known investor in Silicon Valley, once said, "If you want to make money in society, you must provide society with what it needs but can't get." "That's the essence of wealth.
Third, stay at the table and good luck will come naturally.
Another secret to being hit by good fortune is to stay at the table.
If you give up or leave the table too soon, luck won't be pampered when it strikes.
The self-media big V Jiubian has experienced a period of obscure writing, initially he wrote Weibo, and he wrote silently for a long time, and the reading volume was basically zero.
Extremely fortunately, his Weibo was accidentally reposted several times by Mr. Li Zixuan, who has many fans, before accumulating the first wave of fans, and since then he has slowly broken the circle and entered a positive cycle.
Later, Jiubian wrote from Weibo to the official account, and also seized the outlet of the video, so that he now has more than 10 million fans on the whole network.
It can be said that staying at the table and not giving up is the first prerequisite for him to usher in good luck.
To sum up, if the average person wants to have good luck, they need to actively embrace uncertainty, keep trying, always stay at the table, and then wait quietly for good luck to come.
The above part is about how a person can cope with the changing world outside to seize the good fortune that comes to him randomly.
In addition to this, we also need to cultivate ourselves internally, to break free from the inherent shackles of human nature, so as to gain the favor of good fortune.
First, break free from the shackles of "love comparison".
Do you often look at other people's circle of friends, admiring and envious, and at the same time becoming more and more dissatisfied with yourself?
Do you often make a choice by repeatedly comparing the pros and cons of two things, and then hesitating?
Blind and excessive comparisons can make us psychologically unbalanced, and the book "Good Luck" even emphasizes that "comparison is the root of all evil".
And the strategy of the master is to focus on himself and look less at the "scoreboard" in the game of life.
Because no matter how flat the ground is, it is pitted and bumpy when viewed with a magnifying glass;
No matter how bumpy the road is, if you look at it for a long time, the small forks will be blurred, and the whole road will be closer to a straight line.
Excessive comparisons are not beneficial, but rather mess up your own position, it is better to focus on what you are doing and evolve yourself in small steps and iteratively.
Second, break free from the shackles of "external scorecards".
Charles, the protagonist of Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence, is a banker who, in middle age, gives up all wealth and stability to paint in a foreign land, living in poverty and without food.
In the eyes of the world, he acted as stupid as a fool, and in the end, he became a genius painter and created many amazing masterpieces.
Charles's case is extreme and not worth emulating, but he has a courage that most people don't have—to abandon the "external scorecard" and break free from the psychological shackles of wanting to gain other people and social recognition.
Excessive adherence to popular values and evaluation systems makes it difficult for a person to escape mediocrity in the end.
Looking at unique entrepreneurs, such as Steve Jobs, Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and others, we will find that their success comes from their own unique choices and ways of doing things.
So, if you want to have good luck, you might as well be bold, be brave, be innovative, be pioneering, be brave to do what you think is right, and don't be bothered by worldly gossip.
Third, break free from the shackles of "human desire".
In the third century C.E., the monastic theorist Evagius Pontigus, the godfather of the desert, defined eight evils that damage one's spirituality: gluttony, lust, greed, melancholy, rage, laziness, vanity, and arrogance.
Behind these evil deeds, most of them are related to desire. Desire makes us lose our inner peace and balance in excessive pursuit.
And when a person's mind is bound and he can't clarify his inner distractions, how can he be attached to good luck.
Kazuo Inamori, known as the "saint of management" in Japan, said when talking about "how to succeed in management":
"Strong aspirations and fiery enthusiasm can lead to success, but success is not sustainable if such aspirations and passions are motivated by selfish interests.
What is the key to success? The purity of the desire to penetrate the subconscious is the key to success. ”
This means that if you want to have good luck and succeed, you should first break free from the shackles of human desires, carefully examine your heart, recognize the difference between excessive desires and pure desires, cultivate the purity and kindness of your heart, focus on important things and goals, and finally usher in good luck.
The Roman philosopher Cicero wrote:
The best protective armor for good fortune is a life that has been carefully spent before it, a life that has been used in the pursuit of useful knowledge, glorious deeds, and noble manners.
If you are longing for good fortune, first uphold a correct philosophy of good fortune:
Be a person who does not overdo comparisons, is true to his heart, reduces his desires, and has a pure heart.
Everyone wants to be the darling of luck, and good fortune only spoils a very few.
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss stares at you; Whatever you want to control, you end up controlling.
In this sense, luck is based on uncertain accidents, and the more you are obsessed with chasing luck, the more luck may move away from you.
Those who are often favored by good fortune are always humble and diligent, they never take risks, they are steadfast and willing to work the road to prosperity, first and foremost eliminate the uncontrollable element of "luck", and do things to the extreme, so that nothing goes wrong.
And when they keep tossing and trying, and finally succeed, they do not overemphasize the role of their own efforts, and are always accustomed to attributing success to luck.
Obviously, such a person is more likely to have a "good luck physique" and is more likely to be favored by good luck.