A atitude é tudo

"it’s not what happens to us that determines out lives—it’s what we make of what happens"

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O capítulo 7 de "The Element" de Ken Robinson é um hino ao locus de controlo no interior.

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Ao ler o texto que se segue, em vez de pensar em pessoas, podemos pensar em grupos de pessoas, em organizações, em empresas:

"There is a risk in giving examples of people who have found their Element. Their stories can be inspiring, of course, but they can also be depressing. After all, these people seem blessed in some way; they’ve had the good fortune to do what they love to do and to be very good at doing it. One could easily ascribe their good fortune to luck, and certainly many people who love what they do say that they’ve been lucky (just as people who don’t like what they’re doing with their lives often say they’ve been unlucky). Of course, some “lucky”  people have been fortunate to find their passions and to have the opportunities to pursue them. Some “unlucky” people have had bad things happen to them. But good and bad things happen to all of us. It’s not what happens  to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude toward what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element. Describing ourselves as lucky or unlucky suggests that we’re simply the beneficiaries or victims of chance circumstances. But if being in your Element were just a matter of chance, all you could do is cross your fingers and hope to get lucky as well. There’s much more to being lucky than that. Research and experience show that lucky people often make their luck because of their attitudes." 

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"the ability to look at situations in different ways. There’s a difference between what we are able to perceive—our field of perception—and what we actually do perceive.

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"Wiseman [The Luck Factor, psychologist Richard Wiseman] has identified four principles that characterize lucky people. Lucky people tend to maximize chance opportunities. They are especially adept at creating, noticing, and acting upon these opportunities when they arise. Second, they tend to be very effective at listening to their intuition, and do work (such as meditation) that is designed to boost their intuitive abilities. The third principle is that lucky people tend to expect to be lucky, creating a series of self-fulfilling prophecies because they go into the world anticipating a positive outcome. Last, lucky people have an attitude that allows them to turn bad luck to good. They don’t allow ill fortune to overwhelm them, and they move quickly to take control of the situation when it isn’t going well for them."

Em linha com o ditado "As oportunidades multiplicam-se à medida que são aproveitadas".
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Em linha com a vantagem de quem coloca o locus de controlo no interior de si.
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Em linha com quem exibe um positive mindset.
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Em linha com quem olha para o mundo como um jogo de soma positiva.
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BTW, "How Great Leaders Make Their Own Luck" gosto da "empirical creativity"