Two thirds of people say luck has played a key part in their career – but did you know you can stimulate your own luck?
According to Christian Busch in this fab article you can ‘set serendipity hooks’ and ‘plant serendipity bombs’. It’s well worth a read and is super practical.
I hate the ‘so, what do you do?’ question but this short article helps you to not only answer it, but to make the most of it. His example reply includes four hooks: a passion (connecting people), a vocation (education), an interest (philosophy), and a hobby (playing the piano)
https://hbr.org/2020/08/how-to-create-your-own-career-luck
Here is my first (OK fourth!) stab…
“I champion fulfilling mid-life careers through writing, consulting and coaching. I’m a reluctant house renovator, need to do something active everyday and have grown up kids in Australia and Manchester”.
Being concise is always harder than you think. What would you say?
I also love the term ‘planned happenstance’ coined by John Krumboltz, which is about being open to luck or unplanned events. He advocates not being too narrow in career decisions so you can make the most of unplanned events, deal with changing circumstances and persist.
How are you boosting your luck?
How might you be more open to unplanned opportunities?
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