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\"\"Ah relief\u2026. After losing eleven straight games, many by only one run, my beloved Cubs reveled in a victory the other night.<\/p>\n

It came against one of the league\u2019s best pitchers, featured some great defense, and included the ground crew’s slip and slide choreography during a rain delay.<\/p>\n

Baseball players are known for being \u201cstreaky.\u201d If a team is on a roll, they seem to believe in being able to come from behind, and when a team is doing poorly, players seem to believe in their ability to snatch defeat from the \u201cjaws of victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, you don\u2019t have to be a sports fan to believe in streaks of luck or extended periods of misfortune.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re driving on the highway after recently receiving a ticket, you expect a trooper will be waiting for you behind the nearest Gas-Food-Lodging sign. And damn if you\u2019re not quickly sighted and cited.<\/p>\n

Self-sabotage? Maybe. If you believe you are unlucky, it\u2019s almost as if you trying to prove the inevitability of your misfortune. It\u2019s like being right is more important than being happy.<\/p>\n

While the Cubs have been on a devastating losing streak, I have been contemplating luck in a more personal way.<\/p>\n

A friend recommended a podcast where psychologist Gay Hendricks was the interview guest. He spoke about Eight Secrets to Becoming the Luckiest Person You Know<\/a> and his philosophy about consciously cultivating an identity as a lucky person.<\/p>\n

While I consider myself lucky in many ways, there are probably two aspects of my life where I don\u2019t feel lucky.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think of myself as lucky in love or lucky in my career.<\/p>\n

As I contemplated Hendrick\u2019s principles on building the mindset of a lucky person, one stood out for me, recognizing the roadblocks to accepting good fortune. And here, I have to talk about history.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not easy to buck historical trends. The idea is taught in schools and reinforced everywhere; history repeats itself.<\/p>\n

I could tell myself that just because something has operated a certain way in the past, it doesn\u2019t have to continue that way, and yet I\u2019ll look at recent history and conclude that outcomes cannot be different from a preponderance of data.<\/p>\n

I know probability theory does not support the idea that if you didn\u2019t get the guy (or girl) the last 20 times, you won\u2019t succeed the next time you might be interested. I know that if your flip a coin, each time you flip it, there’s almost a 50-50 probability in seeing heads or tails.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to give history too much power. We can usually take away lessons from history .History is compelling, but it\u2019s not predictive. What we are used to can become comfortable, but it\u2019s not inevitable.<\/p>\n

Which brings me back to baseball. Doesn\u2019t everything?<\/p>\n

Why do they even bother to play the games? Why don\u2019t they just run a computer simulation based on player stats and tendencies. (If you feel like answering \u201cbeer and hot dogs,\u201d I think you only approach the issue.)<\/p>\n

Each moment, each day, wants to be lived, wants to be experienced as it unfolds. There\u2019s always a seed of hope that you can build on.<\/p>\n

In each game, they keep score. They determine that one team wins and one loses. Most people keep score in their lives and often convince themselves that three cars in their driveway or two vacations a year, or some number of things or experiences will make them happy.<\/p>\n

As I continue to contemplate being a VLP, a Very Lucky Person, I will keep looking for evidence that I can believe in a richer love life or greater success in career pursuits.<\/p>\n

Meantime, allowing myself to experience what\u2019s happening in the moment, letting gratitude and self-awareness guide and empower my decisions, brings me more confidence and happiness than simply reaching objectives which I track and count.<\/p>\n

Knowing that happiness is about how you feel, not what the score may be, is no small thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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