Lucky Charms Evaluated

Do you have a lucky charm? Have you ever evaluated it for its performance? Find out how to increase your luck in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Lucky Charms Evaluated

Did you ever notice that your good luck charm only works when you’re lucky?

I’ve never seen statistics of car accidents where St. Christopher Medals were present, although I’m sure police reports are full of them.

What is it with the talismans? I stepped on a million cracks in my lifetime and I never broke my mother’s back.

Lucky socks, superstitious routines, the eye of the newt – seems we all have some bizarre notion on how to attract luck or ward off evil that has an exponentially small probability of winning.

What’s the harm, you ask? Nothing if you use them just to affect your mood or give yourself a lift. The real harm is that fertilizing these myths keeps us from seeking a solution that has a better chance of winning than waiting for blind luck to waltz in the door and change our life.

I have John 3:16 inscribed on a golf tee. It was given to me by a Christian friend. I will tell you that I have made shots with it that both landed on the green and others that went smack dab in the water.

It’s the same mentality that many people have about horoscopes. They cite the one day it was spot on, and ignore the other 364 days of inaccurate drivel.

Side Note: Have you ever read a Chinese fortune cookie that read, "Don't even get out of bed today.”?

Hey, I’m all for having a lucky mindset. That just means that you’re optimistic and optimism causes us to see possibilities when they arise verses pessimism that keeps the blinders on and potential possibility out of our view.

True confession: I find it difficult to be around people who are forever waiting for good luck to strike because most of their life is spent waiting and not doing. Lack of doing what’s necessary to be successful is rampant in our culture and I find it maddening.

Here’s one of life’s deep secrets: You have to participate in your own success. You can’t do that if you spend your time waiting, as my sainted mother would say, for a rabbit’s foot to find its way up your ass.

All the best,

John