Luck, Who Needs It?

During the next five days I am going to discuss an article from Inc.com I read about the “five common words that create failure.” It fits well with the mindset of a leader. A leader has to have words that will illicit success not failure.

The link above will allow you to read the article as a whole I will expound on each of the words in more detail putting my personal perspective on it.

The five words are Luck, Enemy, Rejection, Hate and But. Today I will look at why Luck is one of the common words that create failure.

If you depend upon luck you are not doing anything to create the success yourself. You are just looking for something to help bail you out. Luck really doesn’t require any hard work on your part it really shouts to a lazy way to reach success.

Think about the lottery. People buy lottery tickets and sit back and wait for the numbers to roll their way. If they don’t win they try again the next time. People are looking for that instant success but leaders need to create long term success through their hard work and dedication to their followers.

Luck also allows for an easy escape if there is failure. You can easily discount it to bad luck but then your success could be attributed to good luck. A true leader doesn’t depend on luck they create their own successes and yes, sometimes they fail but they learn from their failures. By learning from the failures they grow as a leader.

Be a true leader and create your own success and don’t depend upon luck.