Comments on: Relax, Sometimes Things Just Happen

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:39:51 +0000

Call it whatever you wish, still – it works ;)

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:19:42 +0000

Yeah, I believe it’s a law, just like the law of gravity. It will be scientifically proven somewhere in the future. And must I say, that yesterday I found a great musician when I was looking for a graphic artist? Now I must look for a programmer to find the artist ;).

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:16:23 +0000

Wow thanks Mike. I’ve been following that way of thought for a while now since taking up Aikido 9 years ago as it’s part of the philospohy. Also a very successful business man I know taught me the same thing. Most people are dubious of that kind of thing, but it has worked for me and continues to do so. You posting the article link was in fact further proof of it to me as it helped me reaffirm those ideas. I sent it to some friends too! What’s cool is I read Pavlina’s articles about shareware just over a year ago before I got into this game and he totally motivated me. I didn’t realise he went into things so deep but it’s only a natural progression of course :-)

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:32:37 +0000

It's not luck, it's a thing called synchronicity. A good start to read about it is here.

By: Matt Mason

Matt Mason — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:17:20 +0000

I think this point evolves into “Plan to deal with things, but when stuff falls in your lap don’t dismiss it just because it wasn’t how you planned it.” You can’t rely on these things to happen, but be flexible enough to take advantage of them when they do.

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:07:33 +0000

I think some things are meant to happen and if you are open minded and relaxed you will see more opportunities. Plenty of cool things came my way for Easter Bonus, but yes, other things I had to push for and work hard at.

By: Ville

Ville — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:26:51 +0000

That’s just luck, you can’t depend on luck if it’s something important. Better mitigate risks than wait for good things to happen.