I love this quote by Somerset Maugham, “It’s a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

The funny thing is, so many people like you and me have lived that quote. You see, they have taken life by the horns and twisted and turned it; they have disrupted it… and made life better or the best for themselves and very often for others.

When we are growing up, the world and life is this big ‘thing’ we don’t understand. While we are young, life and circumstances seem to control us. We are told to “fit in” or that “this is the way life is” or “just get on with it”. Sound familiar?

But life can be so much more. Recently I listened to an interview Steve Jobs gave in 1995 where he said, “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you… and you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use….”

Think about the people whom you admire in your world. How have they twisted and turned life to make it better or the best for themselves, others and you?

I admire Mother Teresa and her work where she provided shelter for the sick, the dying and the poor.

I admire my friend Bice Awan for the tireless work she did in establishing the amazing social enterprise, Skylight New Zealand, which provides resources for those who are dealing with loss, grief and trauma.

I admire people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates who have changed the way in which the world works in relation to technology.

I admire many, many other people around the world whose work, vision and passion through the centuries have changed the world in positive ways.

Closer to home, I admire my mother who unexpectedly died in October 2014. After her passing, so many people told me that mum had taught them to love unconditionally. Mum’s motto was that she was “here to love”. Mum had a major impact on many people in her community. She made her world a better place.

Making life better doesn’t have to be monumental. It doesn’t have to be world changing. It doesn’t have to be massively disrupting. But it can be life changing for someone.

We all have the ability and capacity to change the world; to make a difference; to make an impact on someone’s life.

Right now, there are lots of problems in the world. Communities have broken down. We have become intolerant of each other. Often we don’t know or like our neighbours. We are frightened of others. We are ignorant of others.

And there are inventions still to be envisaged and created… our world will continue to massively change in all manner of ways due to the brilliance of ordinary, deep thinking, disruptive people.

Change starts with one person. You can make a difference. I can make a difference. Together, let’s make a difference. Let’s change our world and make it a better place or the best place.

Do you have something that you are passionate about? Do you have a burning desire to pursue something over and above your daily routine? Perhaps you would like to change your daily routine to enable you to pursue your passion?

I am very excited that I have a social enterprise initiative I am beginning to pursue that sits alongside my business and high performance coaching work, and hopefully will make a difference to someone somewhere in the world. It will launch later this year. Will it change our world? Who knows! I just hope it will be impactful on someone.

Anyone and everyone can take life by the horns and twist and turn it, live it, change it, leave a mark on it.

Will you?

What will your legacy be? How will you be remembered when your time is up?

I would love to hear from you and the ideas you have to make your world or our world a better, more beautiful place. Or the best place!

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I love the quote: “The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

Do you believe in luck? Does luck play a part in our success – however we define success?

YES!

We all have luck in equal measures every day, so long as we take advantage of it when it comes our way. That is the only difference between lucky and unlucky people.

What is luck? I believe we create our own luck by having a laser like focus on the principles of L.U.C.K. which are:

L – Luminous Belief
U – Unbridled Learning
C – Cultivating Opportunity
K – Keen Action

Luminous Belief
We can all have the success we want – however we define it – if we want it enough, and if we believe with all our heart that we can and will achieve it. Our mind/brain is a muscle that can be trained towards achieving everything we desire in life. It just takes practice, a bit like working out at a gym. At first lifting a 10kg weight with one arm might be heavy, but with practice, it becomes easy.

It is the same with belief. At first, often it is hard to believe that all we want to achieve is possible, but over time, with a few successes under our belts, the mind muscle gets more used to it, and belief becomes natural and easy.

Luminous belief is critical to being lucky. Belief is the beginning of attracting luck.

Unbridled Learning
To be lucky we need to be prepared for it when it comes our way. We need to be constantly developing our knowledge and resources to support luck. If we leave school and believe that is the end of learning, then we are doomed. As Jim Rohn says: “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will earn you a fortune”.

What is it that you want from life? If it is that important to you, then keep on learning and developing our skills. Immerse yourself in the learning towards the achievement of your goals, and one day they will be achieved. Magic!

Cultivating Opportunity
To be lucky, we need to cultivate opportunities. That means we need to be growing our network, building relationships, seeking out new possibilities, and responding when new and unexpected opportunities come our way.

Opportunities and luck often appear in disguise. It is only when we are open to suggestion and have prepared for that fortuitous moment when we are presented with something new and different that luck beckons… even if it is not obvious in that moment.

Keen Action
To be lucky, we must take action. “Nothing comes from doing nothing” ~ William Shakespeare. When opportunities come our way, we must be prepared to do something; we need to work them. It is only in the toil that outcomes appear, and the magic of being lucky arrives.
Want to learn more about L.U.C.K?
I’d love to teach you more about being lucky and the Principles of L.U.C.K. Join me at one of my upcoming free webinars on high performance and success where you will learn what separates the lucky from the unlucky, the successful from the unsuccessful – in business and in life.

I have been studying this fascinating topic for over 25 years, and many of my clients are currently experiencing massive shifts in their personal performance at work and in life in light of implementing the tools I have been teaching them.

Please click one of the links now to book your place at one of the free webinars.
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Oh, by the way, Happy St Patrick’s Day! I wish you a lifetime of L.U.C.K.

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Wow, doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? Recently I realised that for over 25 years I have been studying high performance in business and life, asking the age old questions: “What is success?” and “What causes people to achieve mega success in life?”… however one defines success.

During that time, my own opinions of what success is have evolved. Once upon a time I thought success was all about how much money was in the bank, or the level of success one achieved in their career or in entrepreneurship and business.

What about you, how do you define success?

Through the media we celebrate what I call ‘one dimensional success’, where we put people on pedestals when they have plenty of money, business/career/sporting success, and/or celebrity. Sadly, that has a cascading effect into society at large, leaving many people to think they are not successful unless they achieve at that level too. It also has an impact on our children, as in my experience, they are wanting immediate success, often through celebrity. Grrrr.

Throughout my coaching and consulting career, I have coached ‘one dimensional’ mega achievers. Sadly, very often other important elements of their lives are missing in the quest for success as they defined it at the time. Often they sacrificed relationships with family and friends, health and wellbeing…. and more.

As I mentioned, my thinking has totally evolved around what success is. Now, the people whom I respect around the world for being successful have, in my opinion, achieved a more ‘holistic’ success.

Last year I created the Human Heptagram of Hopes™ which links into my Mega Performance Framework and Mega Entrepreneur Programme – the models that I created and use when coaching people for success in business and life.

I truly believe that over a lifetime, we as living, breathing, thinking and feeling souls, are actually seeking success within the seven areas of the Human Heptagram of Hopes™. The seven areas are:

1. Wellbeing
2. Growth
3. Achievement
4. Relationships
5. Experience
6. Spirituality
7. Legacy

…and we can break down those seven areas into what I call the 21 Paramount Ps.

Let me briefly explain:

1.  Wellbeing
To achieve Wellbeing Success, we seek:

• Physiology – the basics of life in order to function, including: food, water, sustenance, sleep.
• Physique – health and fitness. Good health is different from fitness, and both are important.
• Protection – the comforts of home, including: safety, shelter and warmth.

2.  Growth
To achieve Growth Success, we seek:

• Productivity – work that is an expression of ourselves; creating and learning and producing.
• Pain – failures, while difficult, are a tool for learning, development and progression.
• Patience – great things come with time, and we all need to learn that.

3.  Achievement
To achieve Achievement Success, we seek:

• Prosperity – financial and business/career success – however we personally define it.
• Prestige – recognition of our achievements and the development of our human ego.
• Persuasion – feeling important and relevant to others.

4.  Relationships
To achieve Relationship Success, we seek:

• People – friendships, community, belonging, family, partnerships/collaborations.
• Passion – sex, intimacy, love.
• Promise – a strong values system that supports the foundations of trust, respect, truth, and honesty in our relationships.

5.  Experiences
To achieve Experience Success, we seek:

• Play – ‘recreation and reckless abandon’ – to have and experience ‘things’; adventure.
• Pleasure – joy, happiness, time for self.
• Privilege – to feel important and advantaged – however we personally define that.

6.  Spirituality
To achieve Spirituality Success, we seek:

• Perspective – to learn and feel comfortable with introspection; developing inner peacefulness.
• Psyche – connecting one’s mind, soul and spirit, and having a strong belief system.
• Purpose – developing understanding and clarity for one’s raison d’étre in life.

7.  Legacy
To achieve Legacy Success (regardless of how big or small that is), we seek:

• Potential – recognising our personal potential to be, to give and to do more.
• Possibility – responding to our potential, and achieving more; self-actualisation.
• Plaudits – receiving public acknowledgement for our giving.

I am passionate about this topic of success in life (and business).

What are your thoughts? Have I missed out any Paramount Ps?

This is the topic of the book I am currently writing that is due for release later this year…. to say I am excited about it, is an understatement. 🙂

Here are a couple of ‘celebs’ who have taken my Paramount Ps a little too far… 🙂

Could some guidance from me be helpful to you?  If so, please arrange a free 30 mins Skype strategy meeting with me.  Here’s my calendar to book a meeting.  I’d love to support you in some way to gain ‘seductive clarity’ in any aspect of your business or life.

Other Inspirational Success Stories

Meet George
A Long and Happy Life – the Secrets?
Let’s Change Our World!
‘Luck of the Irish’ – Do You Have Have It?