Do You Feel Lucky?

Are you Lucky? Do you want to be? Peter Ragnar of Roaring Lion Publishing posted this great list of Lucky Personality Traits in his newsletter today.

• Having A Sense of Humor Lucky people don't take themselves too seriously. Humorous people see the world differently from non-humorous people, and they tend to have better luck precisely because of their different viewpoint. They don't allow trivial events to tense them up. Tension blinds us to opportunity. A sense of personal playfulness is a ticket to good fortune.
  
• Positive Expectation A feeling of optimism is a prerequisite for good fortune. I believe your outer world is the material manifestation of your inner world, a reflection of your honest internal expectations. Expectations form attitudes, which determine behaviors and thus choices. Right choices result in luck.
• The Attitude of Gratitude Gratitude is a way of sincerely saying "thank you" for your good fortune. As you look for the good things in life, you'll find them; as you find them, you'll realize you are blessed by them. Learning to say "thank you" is a way of attracting good luck.
• Generosity The most successful people I know are the most generous. Generosity is a major component of becoming lucky because helping other people get what they want is the premise upon which all success rests.
• A Relaxed Sense of Urgency There is an inner sense of eagerness that has a certain spontaneous quality. Lucky people have a hearty willingness and promptness to act on opportunity. Responding to an opportunity is called luck!
• Observant Naturally, before you can act, you must be able to see. If you are mentally asleep, you'll be blind to the countless opportunities passing you each day. Many people have stopped seeing, looking, or observing- they wait for someone else to point out opportunities to them. Of course, by then it's too late- some lucky observant soul has beaten them to the prize.
• Immune to Rejection The luckiest people I know are unaffected by the past and immune to rejection. There are always some disenfranchised souls who will be ready to rain on your parade, if you let them; fearful little creatures whose only joy in life is tearing others down and ripping up their dreams. All courageous and lucky souls must deal with the people in the dark who never venture beyond the fence of chance. They know that good fortune will smile as long as they go forward into the light of luminous possibilities.

What do you think? What could you work on today that would help you to develop or enhance these traits in yourself?