Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Lucky Situations - The Situation

First we had

(person + situation) Luck = Outcome

then

"((Personality + Attitude + Actions) + situation)Luck = Outcome

How do we define situation in this luck equation. There are bad situations, good situations and neutral situations. It is very difficult to think of a particular situation without thinking of the person or persons that are linked to it.
This value may not be as fixed as values you would assign to person's traits( Personality, Attitude and Actions). We can use the following range...
Good...7 - 10
Neutral 5
Bad 4 - 1

Assigning a value to a situation is a subjective exercise. For me, sitting down at a blackjack table is a situation that would get a value of 3. Casino blackjack has odds that always favour the house. So putting your money down expecting to win is not good situation. The outcome may be positive due to the person's traits and, luck(which we haven't talked about yet). Now if you are a card counting blackjack player the situation for you may warrant a 5 or even a 6 because you have an advantage. The main thing is to be honest with your situation valuing.
Situations such as going on a blind date may be a 3 or 4 but meeting someone who a friend has set you up with may be a 6 or 7 since your friend may have some idea of what you like in a person. Use the formula, just remove yourself from the situation and consider all other factors and give it a score.
We still have to talk about "luck". Is it a constant value? Can it change? Until next time, think about a person(traits) and the situation(future or even past) and assign a score. Maybe you can be the person.
Take care...