The Luck Accelerator

All Shall Be Well

I was having a wonderful chat with my friend Steve last night. I had been feeling deeply weary and a little discouraged - I have so many ideas and implementing them was taking time. I felt a terrible frustration set in. Then whenever I sat down to work on the commentary for an audio program I`m setting up or completing "With A Little Bit Of Luck!" - a fun ebook full of tips and thoughts on getting luckier I get overwhelmed with all the wonderful things I "should" be doing. The joy gets sucked out of what I`m doing.

Steve said, "Look, maybe you need some downtime. When I first was introduced to the amazing ideas of wealth creation, I decided to take 2 months off just to be able to digest the information. I may not be a millionaire this year but I`ll be a millionaire in my own good time."

I felt a huge relief. I can do things slowly in my own good time. And maybe I need the time for my unconscious to put things together after a period where I haven`t consciously been aware of thinking.

Nicola (Cairncross) my impressive wealth coach has been encouraging me to take things "easy". To quote her, "The best things come easily."

So the real message is that all will come easily in it`s own good time. As Dame Julian of Norwich said 700 years ago, "All shall be well, all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well."

My son, my hero!

I was talking to Sharon today - we had put together about 50 questions we prepared to answer and then taped our discussion and Sharon would type up the discussion as a basis for our ebook "The Big Book Of Luck!" Our discussion was going really well. Ideas were spilling over and we were continually interrupting each other being so stimulated by what the other was saying. Then something Sharon said sparked a lightbulb on in my mind.

We were talking about what makes a person a "lucky" person. I suddenly thought of my son James. He utterly believes that when he sets out to do something, he will achieve it. This is a sign of a lucky person. I just had to tell Sharon the story of what happened to him as a young boy to hard wire in that belief.

At the age of 3 he said he wanted a computer games console (at the time it was a Sony he wanted). I was adamant that he wasn`t going to have one. I was committed to the Steiner ideal that children needed to be surrounded by natural things. Computer games were the last thing on the agenda. I told him (oh so foolishly!) "Not until you`re 9 or 10." Yes, nowI know the calibre of the boy. Then I was due to find out!

He waited. Every so often he reminded me that he was going to have the games console when he was 9. I just hmmed and talked of something else.

When he was 81/2 years old he said he now wanted a Nintendo 64 please for his next birthday. I realised my ghastly mistake!

It was especially difficult because my husband had been made redundant 3 times the previous year and had we had now embarked on a full year of his unemployment. We were very broke. And James (my son) told me that the Nintendo would cost an impossible £160.

"OK" I said brightly. "Right, your dad and me haven`t got that sort of money, my dear. However, I have an idea. If you write a letter to all your friends and relations at your birthday and save the money, we`ll see how much you can get."

By this time we knew that James was dyslexic and dyspraxic so writing a letter would be difficult for him. He could barely read and write. So I wrote out a letter for him to copy.

James wrote his letter to all his friends and relations asking for money instead of a present and bless them, most were really happy to do so knowing that they were giving him something he really wanted. They also knew that it had taken a big effort for him to have asked. This was in July.

He managed to accumulate £60. He then saved his £1 a week pocket money for the next 6 months until Christmas and wrote to his friends and relations again telling them how much he`d managed to save and once again asking for money rather than a present (bless them, some even gave him money and a present!).

On Boxing Day James proudly went with his dad into Reading to get his Nintendo 64 and purchase 2 games with the money.

I have never looked on Super Mario in the same light ever again!

James believed there would be a happy outcome - he was sure of it. And he made sure of it. He was resilient - there were occasions when he grew impatient though he recovered quickly. He had absolutely clear about his vision. He was excited by his quest and knew he`d reach his goal. James fits the profile of a "lucky" person.

Piglet and Winnie the Pooh!

I woke this morning and started to giggle. A thought struck me. I had been really proud that I had acquired a few readers - the open rate was 80 this week and I felt delighted.

Then a second thought struck. I keep revisiting the site to add my next blog. Suddenly it dawned on me.....and then a picture of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet going round the tree looking for heffalumps flitted into my mind. When they completed a circuit, they were disturbed to discover a set of footprints in the snow which they thought must be some heffalumps. They went round again and there in the snow, another couple had joined the first two. Round and round they went getting more and more worried until Christopher Robin kindly showed them that the footprints were their own!

Now do you see why I giggled?

BLOG!

A client of mine was asking me yesterday what the word "blog" meant. When I told her she said, "Oh, I thought it meant 'Bloody Load of Old Gossip'!" Julie, you`re not wrong there!

Another Lovely Day!

"Another lovely day!" Is what Tony Benn`s mother used to say as she woke him every morning when he was little. Imagine what that does to a young mind! Children believe everything adults say to them - they`re programmed to in order to learn quickly. When that little boy heard this, his unconcious mind set about proving his mother right. Whatever his politics (and he`s a radical left-wing labour MP), I don`t suppose any of us would dispute that Tony Benn has a sunny nature and irrepressible optimism. What his mother encouraged him to assume about each day helped him to begin that day believing it to be precious and beautiful. What a gift she gave him!

What she was doing was affirming something to be true. An affirmation. Affirmations are useful ways in which to convince your unconscious to believe something you want it to believe. If you consistently affirm something, after initial resistance you will start thinking that way. Though there are some important things to know about affirmations.

Firstly you must affirm things in the present.  If you afffirmed things as going to happen, they would stay in your future and your unconscious mind wouldn`t set about creating your present reality. So for instance, "Everyone rejoices in my being here now!" may be something really challenging for you to believe at the moment. You may find it difficult to say even. You might feel that "Everyone will rejoice in my being here now!" would be more comfortable. However, you are creating a big change in your thinking. You cannot expect for that change to feel comfortable. And using the future tense won`t make it happen.

So think about what you would like to believe about yourself, about life, about your day. "Another lucky day!" might be a good start. And if you can affirm that immediately unpon waking, you are catching yourself at a moment when your unconcious mind is wide open to suggestion, is ready to listen and take in your suggestion.

May I wish you a very lucky day today and every day.

Happy-Go-Lucky!

Wow what beautiful weather we`re having at the moment. It was a trifle humid over the weekend and now it has calmed to bright, clear, fresh and sunny days. It`s amazing how smiley people get in the sunshine, have you noticed? My body relaxes and opens up to welcome the warmth. Mind you, you can`t help but smile when you squint into the light!

I found out the other day that when you smile, you produce serotonin, a 'feel good' hormone, even if that smile is false to begin with. So the more you smile, the more good you feel! Putting on a happy face is a good idea, then to help you become happier. And luckier too according to the following.

A few days ago, my friend Steve sent me this: -

"Tomorrow (18 June) is the 190th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, at which Napoleon’s dream was finally ended. There is no doubt that he was one of history’s greats. And when appointing his senior Generals, he asked “Est-il hereux?” which translates as “Is he Lucky”. Interesting that the literal translation is “Is he Happy?” Napoleon and many others have noted the connection between Happiness and Luck (our own phrase, “Happy –go- Lucky”, may come from this, I don’t know).

Message: To increase your Luck, increase your Happiness"

The person who wrote this is called Phil Olley - and if anyone knows who he is, please let me know how to contact him to say thank you. I was really fascinated that Napoleon realised that you can have all the talent and ability in the world though if you don`t apply it with a happy belief in a positive outcome, you aren`t likely to be successful.

This morning as the sun streamed through my bedroom window, I was smiling reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" once more. A challenging and gloriously entertaining book on acquiring a rich mentality. How lucky is that - to be reading about getting rich in bed on a beautiful morning!

Excellent friendships!

I`ve had another happy weekend, this time with a good friend of mine, John and his family. He was generous enough to give me some good tips to help me with setting up a sister website to www.theluckaccelerator.com that sells CDs and audio downloads of hypnosis tapes on how to attract and give love in happy relationships. The final name will be posted shortly.

Our friendship is special and illustrates one of our guiding principles of luck "Excellent Connections".

We were both at a hypnotherapy conference 3 years ago when something he said at an open meeting made me turn around and smile at him. He told me later that it was that smile I gave him that encouraged him to come over and talk to me at the break.

3 years later, we call each other every week, ask after each other`s love lives, give each other listening support and help each other out whenever one of us needs it (usually me - esp in IT!). Just because I smiled. He told me he wouldn`t have approached me if I hadn`t smiled.

I made a very precious friend because I smiled at the right time. I made an excellent connection that has given me support and valuable help that others would call "lucky" . I am lucky, it`s true. Though I think you`d agree I make my own luck.

Po Faced!

Re-reading what I`ve written, I`ve wondered whether I`m being a bit po-faced. Perhaps it would be easier if I were to talk about what happens to me as illustrations of how lucky I am - and how lucky I can be for my friends and clients.

I`ll give you a beautiful illustration of how lucky I have been for friends. I was visiting Lake Tahoe, the most exquisitely beautiful part of the world with snowy mountains and the blue lake and pure clear skies. It is also on the margin of California and Arizona. So you have the comic picture of a simple Western town one side of the street and a crazy, noisy, colourful line of casinos on the other.

Anyhow, I was there to meet my friend`s grandmother who we called Tita Maria. She lived in an old folks trailer park and went to town regularly to play the slot machines for recreation.

We were going along the line of slot machines when Tita Maria thrust 3 silver dollars into my hand and said, "Here, Sarah, put these into the machines for me."

I pushed one into the slot and pulled the lever (not at all knowing how to play). Out shot $500 in a silver shower! It was pretty exciting as you can imagine to see the coins just keep on coming. It seemed that a mountain stream had been diverted and was gushing, depositing money at our feet.

We had a very cheerful evening feasting on the winnings!

Brian Tracy`s Luck Factor

I had great time listening to Brian Tracy`s mellifluous voice in the car on the way to a delicious lunch today. He was talking about goal setting and that only 3% of all Americans take steps to plan how they can get what they want. And they are generally highly successful people that others would regard as lucky.

It set me to thinking. Once you`ve visioned and written down the precise details of exactly what you want (Brian Tracy recommends writing a list of 10 things you want to happen this year and describe them in detail). Then you have allowed the vision to live inside your unconscious mind, what happens next?

It`s about how to get into 'the zone' - that wonderfully relaxed comfortable flow where you attract good fortune that leads you effortlessly towards your goals. It`s getting into a deeply relaxed receptive state where you accept what happens to you without judgement. You respond instinctively to your gut feeling and it`s impeccable. How about that?

We`ve hit a snag. You have got so used to being in control - you`ve taken control in setting your goals, you`re choosing to have the optimistic rather than the pessimistic thoughts, generally ordered and organised yourself and your life. So how on earth do you let it all go and relax??

Hmm. Just learning to relax your body would be a good start. There are hundreds of exercises you can study. A really simple one is to start by tensing up your fingers - make them into fists. Tense up your arms and shoulders, then your face, chest, back, tummy, buttocks, legs, feet and finally curling up your toes. Feel how you body is to be thoroughly tense. Then let it all go whilst breathing out. Then take a deep breath in and drop your shoulders even more on the out breath.

The more you can build a contrast between what it is to be tense and what it is to be relaxed, you will be able to cultivate more of a feeling of relaxation for longer throughout the day.

This is just the start.

My challenge is to stay within this relaxed awareness so that I ignore my familiar critical voice. Damn it, it`s still thinks it knows best and prevents me from developing my receptivity.  Hey ho. Keep on trucking!

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