Good Luck
“Good Luck” 早就不是新書了，但我今天才有機會取來讀讀。這本書的「點密度」(density of points) 很低，意思就是很多頁才有一個重點，讀起來可以很快（大約兩三程車時間），而且也很易懂。
這本書的表達形式，跟 Mitch Albom 的 “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” 等幾本書很相似，書的結尾有一章總結全書重點。如果趕時間的話，只讀最後那一章也沒有甚麼損失。
簡單來說，全書的重點只有一個，就是寫在封面的那一句： “Good Luck — Create the Conditions for Success in Life & Business”，用中文來演譯就是「機會只留給有準備的人，所以要盡快創造條件以迎接機會」。
其實這也不是甚麼新觀點。我的偶像（「偶像」乃「學習目標」之意） Brian Tracy 在他的 “Create you own future” 書裡就提到：
“Success is not a result of the will to win. Everyone has that. Great success comes as a result of the willingness to prepare to win.”
“Opportunities exist all around you, every day, but if you are not alert and aware to these possibilities, you can walk right past them and not notice.”
這也一直是我的信念：我相信機會經常在身邊出現，問題是並非人人願意努力把握，也並非人人都有能力去把握。所以，在機會來臨之前，一定要「好好學習、天天向上」。
不過知道是一回事，是否深刻又是另一回事。如果想加深印象，並引發一些思考，我建議還是讀讀 “Good Luck” 內文的故事。
我本打算把書中那十條規則總結出來寫在這裡，但想想全書就只有這幾個重點，寫出來的話對作者知識產權的侵害比較大，所以還是留待各位自己去讀。
在十條規則以外，還有一些有意思的句子，引述如下：
“… He wanted to confirm with one more person what he already knew: that no clover would grow in the Enchanted Forest; that he was a man with no luck … that’s one of the characteristics of people who think that they have no luck. They look for other people who will confirm their way of thinking. Feeling like a victim is not a pleasant feeling, but it does free you from the responsibility of misfortune.” (p. 71)
這令我想起一些朋友……
“In fact, those who expect to find luck always believe they can find it easily and with no effort.” (p. 92)
所以我覺得與其怨天尤人，不如問問自己做過甚麼去嘗試改變現狀，做得是否足夠。
“Contrary to what many believe, I don’t give out luck, I just make sure it is distributed equally. The Magic Clovers germinated because you created the right conditions. Anybody who had done the same would have created Good Luck too… The problem is that almost everybody thinks that they don’t need to do anything… Luck is the sum of opportunity and preparation. But the opportunity… is always there.” (p. 105)
所以，自己做得不好，不要怪命運不好。
“This book was written in eight hours, straight through. However, it took us over three years to create it. Some people will only remember the eight hours. Others will only only remember the three years. The first ones will believe we were just lucky. The others will believe that we created the conditions for Good Luck.” (p. 137)
我本來也在思考，寫一本這樣的書，應該不會花很多時間，想不到竟然只花了 8 小時便完稿。當然，正如作者所說，這些東西不是說要寫就寫得出來的。哈，我是否也可以寫一本？
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