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| been using them for years, and yes, they say I'm a | | | | can audition, read up on how other singers became |
| lucky guy. Here are two of the most important | | | | successful. Start getting ready for good luck.Lucky |
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| LuckWhen we bought a house for $17,500 from the | | | | lucky enough to get a good job teaching Spanish. She |
| bank, and later sold it for a nice profit, people said | | | | never was able to find jobs like this when we lived in |
| "You're so lucky!" Yes, we were lucky that we had | | | | a small northern Michigan town. When we moved |
| the cash saved, because they weren't offering | | | | here to Tucson, Arizona, things changed. Not |
| financing at that price. We were lucky that had | | | | surprisingly, there are often more opportunities in |
| savings, making it easy to quit our jobs and move to | | | | larger towns.Naturally, you are more likely to get a |
| this new town.A friend who owns a used car | | | | "lucky break" as a movie star in Hollywood than in |
| dealership had cash flow problems. He could get a | | | | Toledo, Ohio. You'll have more opportunities to sail in |
| couple great cars at auction, but needed $1500. He | | | | a city on a coast. If you want to be a great skier, |
| offered a car as security if I would loan him the | | | | should you move to Alabama or Colorado? You get |
| money for 10 days for $100 interest. Not only was I | | | | the point.It isn't just about moving to "luckier" cities, |
| lucky enough to make an easy $100, but he was so | | | | though. Being in the right place is a matter of daily |
| grateful that he sold me a car for $1,600 that was | | | | choices too. "Hanging out" where management does |
| worth much more.Preparation puts the odds in your | | | | is more likely to lead to a promotion at work than |
| favor. If you were in the situations above, you | | | | spending time with the other employees. We spend |
| couldn't necessarily do what I did. But if you had | | | | time at real estate investing club meetings, and were |
| arranged to borrow $17,500 from a someone, you | | | | just approached with an offer to partner on a great |
| could have split the profits on the house. If you had | | | | deal.Find the "right places," and make it a point to be |
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| fee and interest would have cut your profit in half, | | | | their dreams. One stays home and dreams while the |
| but then maybe it's even luckier to make money | | | | other accepts an invitation to a party. Who's more |
| with none of your own money.In whatever area of | | | | likely to be the lucky guy?Steve Gillman has been |
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| There are always things you can do to allow for | | | | for years. |