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Not Sure Your Luckiness Can Last? Ask Madeleine
- A mid-twenty-year-old who believes she has led an incredibly lucky life so far has turned to advice columnist Madeleine Homan Blanchard for guidance
- The writer thinks it will all end soon and is feeling some degree of guilt and doubt
- But Blanchard believes that some people are inherently lucky and tend to grab opportunities and stand up better when difficulties come along
- While nobody knows why certain people are lucky or unlucky, Blanchard believes that those who are lucky tend to cultivate good relationships with people they want to learn from and collaborate with
- Blanchard also suggests that people who feel they have been lucky so far should think about how they can offer help and support to those who are lacking, but that they should not feel any obligation to do so
- To be worthy of good fortune, Blanchard says, it is important to think about how one can be a contribution to the world, and to leave every interaction or situation the better for one having been a part of it
- It is hard to do that all the time of course, so Blanchard suggests a code of conduct based on the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: be impeccable with your word, don’t take anything personally, don’t make assumptions, and always do your best
- Blanchard concludes by telling the letter-writer not to worry too much about her good luck running out, as difficulties will come along – that is just life – and she has shown herself to be capable of dealing with them
- Rather than worrying, Blanchard advises the writer to keep asking questions, keep searching and finding her own answers, and to enjoy being herself
- Blanchard is a master-certified coach, speaker and author, and her regular advice column, Madeleine’s Advice for the Well-Intentioned Manager, appears every Saturday
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