Why Do They Always Have Good Luck?

Have you ever wondered why some people have all of the good luck or why open doors of opportunity open up for some people, but not others? Well, it’s true….some people do have have better luck than others.

Every year I hand out paperwork for students to fill out for a scholarship, which may provide a $500 vocational scholarship. In fact, from what I understand, most students do receive a scholarship if they apply for it. As I hand the paperwork to the students I encourage them to apply. It does require them to take a test, which may take a few hours. Here is how I describe it to the students. Even if it takes a full two hours of your time, that is still $250 per hour if they receive the scholarship. However, every year I see most of the applications in the trash can. They don’t even try. Then they wonder why they never have the luck like other people do.

Last year I think that I only had two students take the time to fill out the application and take the test. We never heard anything else about it.

Nothing is a sure thing in life, but you will never know if you don’t try. If you don’t set yourself up for good luck or open doors, then how do you expect to experience it? The two students did not hear back about the scholarship, but this is no reason to give up on trying. If one thing don’t happen for you start working on another way to set yourself up for an opportunity.

This blog is not just about perseverance, as the story about the students did not end yet. One of the students messaged me the other day and reminded me about that scholarship, he told me that he just got a letter in the mail stating that he was awarded a scholarship for $1500. I don’t know about you, but $1500 for two hours of work is pretty good.

With this said, I encourage you stop watching the doors open for other people and do whatever it takes to be in front of the next door that opens. In other words, start setting yourself up today to have better luck tomorrow. If you’re already doing this then I would like to commend you on your efforts. If you have not seen the reward yet, hang in there, you will see it when the time is right.