Business Networking - How Networking Can Affect Your Luck

What is ‘luck’ exactly and how does it affect your chances of business success? How can you make your own luck? And how can networking increase your chances of getting lucky? Read on to find out…

Firstly, let’s consider what we mean by Luck. Essentially it means ‘being in the right place at the right time to take advantage of an opportunity’. Being successful in business means perseverance, hard work, and discipline but there is always an element of luck that comes into play too.

So what can you do to increase your chances of being lucky? If luck is really opportunity, then the more you can do to make yourself available when opportunity strikes, the better. In short, keep your eyes open to opportunity and you’ll be more likely to recognize it when it comes your way. And by getting out there and networking with other business people, you vastly increase your chances of finding lucky opportunities.

A business advisor from Business Link summed it up recently in a quote which appeared in the press: “If you sit at home and don’t talk to anybody, then nothing is going to happen. But if you are really aware of what is going on around you and who is doing what, that is when you spot opportunities. And the bigger and wider your network and the more people you talk to, the more opportunities you see and the more chances you get.”

Networking involves hard work and commitment but it is frequently this ‘behind the scenes’ effort that ends up paying dividends. What may look like ‘luck’ to the casual outsider is really the result of time invested in networking and spreading the word about your business.

There’s another crucial ingredient: self-belief. It seems that people who generally believe themselves to be lucky tend to have more luck. Whilst those that think themselves unlucky tend to flounder – possibly because they simply expect things are more likely to go wrong than right, minimizing their willingness to take risk or seize opportunity.

So the conclusions are clear: start thinking of yourself as a lucky person and get out there and do some networking.

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