The Sabbatical | Episode 2 – Starting your own transformation journey

How often do you hear the phrase ‘you are so lucky’? Yes, you are correct, I hear this a lot.

Let me share with you a mathematical formula for ease.

Lucky = Preparation + Positive Mindset + Openness to create opportunities:

Preparation

How much effort are you willing to give to upskill yourself, your knowledge, or your life experiences? The more you can do this in a way that works for you the more chance you have to increase your luck.  Find the way that works for you.

Positive Mindset

It’s really imperative to keep your mindset positive. Here are a few approaches that worked for me:

1. Practicing gratuity by not just focusing on what was not possible but more importantly the progress that was being made (which may be small in scale at that time, but collectively becomes significant).
2. Challenging negative thoughts by creating awareness of them. Remind yourself that the negative thoughts are not facts, and the power is within yourself on how you want to navigate these.
3. Surround yourself with positive energy whether that is the people, the environment, what you listen to or read or watch.
4. Practicing self-care by doing mindfulness exercises like meditation or deep breathing, or finding ways to physically or mentally feed yourself with life nutrition.

Openness to create opportunities

How willing and open are you in creating new experiences?  In creating new ideas and connections with people? The saying goes ‘curiosity killed the cat’’. Some people deem being curious as a risky endeavour, however this can lead to opportunities.

Be curious: What opportunities have you tried to create or are willing to create?

Do remember that luck is not entirely within our control and chance plays a part. But by combining the preparation, positive mindset and openness to create opportunities you are now increasing your odds in finding luck.