{"id":5132,"date":"2011-02-02T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2011-02-02T01:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T07:10:00","slug":"how-to-be-the-luckiest-guy-on-the-planet-in-4-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/02\/how-to-be-the-luckiest-guy-on-the-planet-in-4-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be THE LUCKIEST GUY ON THE PLANET in 4 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just good stuff to read.  Some self-help for those that need<\/strong> it \u2013 me.  I really need<\/strong> to read these nearly every day<\/strong> or at least every week until they are \u201cingrained\u201d.  – WD0AJG<\/p>\n

 <\/h4>\n

How to be THE LUCKIEST GUY ON THE PLANET in 4 Easy Steps <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/h4>\n

from Altucher Confidential<\/a> by James Altucher<\/p>\n

I told my dad, \u201cI\u2019m a lucky guy<\/strong>.\u201d He said, \u201cBut are you lucky in love?\u201d I was six years old. Love was the most disgusting thing<\/strong> in the world to me. What the hell was he talking about? Love was living in another neighborhood at that time. Or another planet. It would be years before Love stuck its ugly little nose into my house and said, \u201chello, anyone here?<\/p>\n

Luck<\/strong> was all about rolling the dice. Or finding a quarter on the ground. Or seeing a double rainbow after a quick storm.<\/p>\n

But now I\u2019m different. I\u2019m constantly checking in and out of the Hospital of No Luck<\/strong>. I\u2019m older. I need<\/strong> luck<\/strong> to be constantly transfused into me or I run out of it. Without luck<\/strong>, I\u2019m dead. For me, good luck<\/strong> equals happiness. On a scale of happiness from 0 to 10, I think I\u2019m about a seven or eight. But that\u2019s a big improvement. When I was lying on the floor<\/a> here, I was probably about a zero. Or at different points in this story<\/a>, I was maybe at negative. So I\u2019m trending upwards.  I get lucky when I stick to three simple goals:<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

My ONLY Three Goals in Life<\/strong><\/p>\n

A)     I want to be happy.<\/p>\n

B)      I want to eradicate unhappiness in my life.<\/p>\n

C)      I want every day<\/strong> to be as smooth as possible. No hassles.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it. I\u2019m not asking for much. I need<\/strong> simple goals else I can\u2019t achieve them.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been at least ten times in my life that everything seemed so low I felt like I would never achieve the above three things and the world would be better off without me. Other times I felt like I was stuck at a crossroads and would never figure out which road to take. Each time I bounced back.<\/p>\n

When I look back at these times now I realize there was a common thread. Each time there were four things, and only four things, that were always in place in order for me to bounce back. <\/strong>Now I try to incorporate these four things into a daily practice so I never dip low again.<\/p>\n

THE DAILY PRACTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

A)     Physical<\/strong> \u2013 being in shape. Doing some form of exercise. In 2003 I woke up at 5am every day<\/strong> and from 5-6am I played \u201cRound the World\u201d on a basketball court overlooking the Hudson River. Every day<\/strong> (except when it rained). Trains would pass and people<\/strong> at 5:30am would wave to me out the window. Now, I try to do yoga every day<\/a>. But its hard. All you need<\/strong> to do, minimally, is exercise enough to break a sweat for 10 minutes. So about 20-30 minutes worth of exercise a day<\/strong>. This is not to get \u201cripped\u201d or \u201cshredded\u201d. But just to be healthy. You can\u2019t be happy if you aren\u2019t healthy. Also, spending this time helps your mind better deal with its daily anxieties. If you can breathe easy when your body is in pain then its easier to breathe during difficult situations. Here\u2019s other things that are a part of this but a little bit harder:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Wake up by 4-5am every day<\/strong>. <\/li>\n
  2. Go to sleep by 8:30-9. (Good to sleep 8 hours a night!) <\/li>\n
  3. No eating after 5:30pm. Can\u2019t be happy if indigested at night.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    B)      Emotional<\/strong>\u2013 If someone is a drag on me, I cut them out. If someone lifts me up, I bring them closer. Nobody is sacred here. When the plane<\/strong> is going down, put the oxygen mask on your face first. Family, friends, people<\/strong> I love \u2013 I always try to be there for them and help. But I don\u2019t get close to anyone bringing me down. This rule can\u2019t be broken. Energy leaks out of you if someone is draining you. And I never owe anyone an explanation. Explaining is draining.<\/p>\n

    Another important rule: always be honest. Its fun. Nobody is honest anymore and people<\/strong> are afraid of it. Try being honest for a day<\/strong> (without being hurtful). Its amazing where the boundaries are of how honest one can be. Its much bigger than I thought. A corollary of this is: I never do anything I don\u2019t want to do. Like I NEVER go to weddings.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    C)      Mental<\/strong> \u2013 Every day<\/strong> I write down ideas. I write down so many ideas that it hurts my head to come up with one more. Then I try to write down five more. The other day<\/strong> I tried to write 100 alternatives kids can do other than go to college. I wrote down eight,<\/a> which I wrote about here. I couldn\u2019t come up with anymore. Then the next day<\/strong> I came up with another 40. It definitely stretched my head. No ideas today? Memorize all the legal 2 letter words for Scrabble. Translate the Tao Te Ching into Spanish<\/a>. Need ideas for lists of ideas? Come up with 30 separate chapters for an \u201cautobiography\u201d. Try to think of 10 businesses you can start from home (and be realistic how you can execute them)? Give me 10 ideas of directions this blog can go in.  Think of 20 ways Obama can improve the country. List every productive thing<\/strong> you did yesterday (this improves memory also and gives you ideas for today).<\/p>\n

    The \u201cidea muscle\u201d atrophies within days if you don\u2019t use it. Just like walking. If you don\u2019t use your legs for a week, they atrophy. You need<\/strong> to exercise the idea muscle. It takes about 3-6 months to build up once it atrophies. Trust me on this.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    (use waiter pads to write down ideas)<\/p>\n

    D)     Spiritual<\/strong>. I feel<\/strong> that most people<\/strong> don\u2019t like the word \u201cspiritual\u201d. They think it means \u201cgod\u201d. Or \u201creligion\u201d. But it doesn\u2019t.  I don\u2019t know what it means actually. But I feel<\/strong> like I have a spiritual practice when I do one of the following:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Pray<\/strong> (doesn\u2019t matter if I\u2019m praying to a god or to dead people<\/strong> or to the sun or to a chair in front of me \u2013 it just means being thankful. And not taking all the credit, for just a few seconds of the day). <\/li>\n
    2. Meditate<\/strong> \u2013 Meditation for more than a few minutes is hard. It\u2019s boring. Here I give tips for 60 second meditations<\/a>. You can also meditate for 15 seconds by really visualizing what it would be like meditate for 60 minutes. Here\u2019s a simple meditation: sit in a chair, keep the back straight, watch yourself breathe. If you get distracted, no problem. Just pull yourself back to your breath. Try it for 5 minutes. Then six. <\/li>\n
    3. Being grateful<\/strong> \u2013 I try to  think of everyone in my life I\u2019m grateful for. Then I try to think of more people<\/strong>. Then more. Its hard. <\/li>\n
    4. Forgiving<\/strong> \u2013 I picture everyone who has done me wrong. I visualize gratefulness for them (but not pity). <\/li>\n
    5. Studying<\/strong>. If I read a spiritual text (doesn\u2019t matter what it is: Bible<\/a>, Tao Te Ching, anything Zen related, even inspirational self-help stuff, doesn\u2019t matter) I tend to feel<\/strong> good. This is not as powerful as praying or meditating (it doesn\u2019t train your mind to cut out the BS) but it still makes me feel<\/strong> good.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      My own experience: I can never achieve the three \u201csimple\u201d goals on a steady basis without doing the above practice on a daily basis. And EVERY TIME<\/strong> I\u2019ve hit bottom (or close to a bottom, or I\u2019ve been at some sort of crossroads.) and started dong the above 4 items (1991, 1995<\/a>, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2008) magic would happen:<\/p>\n

      The Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

      A)     Within about one month, I\u2019d notice coincidences start to happen. I\u2019d start to feel<\/strong> lucky. People would smile at me more.<\/p>\n

      B)      Within three months the ideas would really start flowing, to the point where I felt overwhelming urges to execute the ideas.<\/p>\n

      C)      Within six months, good ideas would start flowing, I\u2019d begin executing them, and everyone around me would help me put everything together.<\/p>\n

      D)     Within a year my life was always completely different.<\/strong> 100% upside down from the year before. More money, more luck<\/strong>, more health, etc. And then I\u2019d get lazy and stop doing the practice<\/strong>. And everything falls apart again. But now I\u2019m trying to do it every day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      Its hard to do all of this every day<\/strong>. Nobody is perfect. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll do all of these things today. But I know when I do it, it works.<\/p>\n

      ____________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Just good stuff to read.  Some self-help for those that need it \u2013 me.  I really need to read these nearly every day or at least every week until they are \u201cingrained\u201d.  – WD0AJG<\/p>\n

        How to be THE LUCKIEST GUY ON THE PLANET in 4 Easy Steps <\/p>\n

      from Altucher Confidential by James Altucher<\/p>\n

      I told my dad, \u201cI\u2019m a lucky guy.\u201d He said, \u201cBut are you lucky in love?\u201d I was six years old. Love was the most disgusting thing in the world to me. What the hell was he talking about? Love was living in another neighborhood at that time. Or another planet. It would be years before Love stuck its ugly little nose into my house and said, \u201chello, anyone <\/p>\n

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