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I've noticed that if I do something that's risky, I usually have a good chance at success.
I like to gamble a little, nothing too excessive, and I usually win. I seem to do very good on MMA fights, which have an uncertain outcome, and sports betting pools, like superbowl pools which are purely luck. I also seem to be pretty good at something like 5-Card-Draw Poker which is very much luck based. Now, obviously, I'd do terrible at more skill based games like Blackjack, Texas Hold-em and hardcore sports betting (something like basketball where you can bet on the spread) because I know nothing about those games.
I've also noticed I seem to come up pretty lucky in the end. I've worked on projects for school/work where it seemed like every step I took, every plan I had was falling apart. At the end I had to kind of wing everything -- and it somehow came out to be a success. There was even a time I almost failed out of a college class (a requirement for my major), but at the end I managed to get a B.
I'm also kind of a thrill-seeking dumbass, nothing hardcore like sky-diving or whatever, but I find the time to do stupid stunts in my urban environment. Anyways, I came out of those situations relatively fine. Where others would've gotten broken bones, I ended up with sprains. I'm not saying I'm superman because it seems that I'm accident prone, but I'm still lucky enough to not end up in casts. I almost dislocated the same arm twice within a month time frame (have been rehabing it recently which is helping), almost broke my jaw (I have a loose disc in there, but it beats a broken jaw), almost broke my left wrist a long time ago (fell on it, was a sprain, and it healed pretty well), and I've had some injuries that I should've gotten surgery on when I was a teenager -- but because I've lived with them for so long while playing sports, doctors are recommending I don't get any surgery. Sure, I'll never have an athletic career, but at least I'm not sitting on my ass.
Another time which I'm really lucky, and this is a lame example but I'll use it anyway, is in videogames. There's always that one boss who's hard to kill, and if he hits me one more time I'm dead. So I do that one do-or-die move and I win. It happens pretty frequently for me.
Aside from having "good luck," I also seem to perform very well in a high pressure situation. I remember I had to do a project for a class and I wrote a very promising proposal. I was talking to a friend of mine about it and I said, "This can either turn out to be very crappy or very awesome," and he said, "Make it very awesome." That put a lot of pressure on me...and it turned out to be a project I'm still proud of. Another time I remember is when I was really little. Now I'm not an athletic person, but I did play little league like almost all american males. Anyways, I was terrible at it, but I did have my moments. There was one time someone hit the ball, it was flying at my face and I caught it like nothing. And normally I had trouble stopping a grounder or a pop-fly. So wtf, that one moment where my teeth could've been knocked out or my nose broke, I managed to catch the ball.
Do I have good luck, or am I a huge egomaniac? If people can confirm me that I have good luck and perform better when put under pressure, I might be able to turn my life around. I've been playing it safe for too long, thinking that if I take these small, low-risk steps things will start going my way -- but that never ******* happens. Maybe if I start taking big risks I'll make big gains.
I like to gamble a little, nothing too excessive, and I usually win. I seem to do very good on MMA fights, which have an uncertain outcome, and sports betting pools, like superbowl pools which are purely luck. I also seem to be pretty good at something like 5-Card-Draw Poker which is very much luck based. Now, obviously, I'd do terrible at more skill based games like Blackjack, Texas Hold-em and hardcore sports betting (something like basketball where you can bet on the spread) because I know nothing about those games.
I've also noticed I seem to come up pretty lucky in the end. I've worked on projects for school/work where it seemed like every step I took, every plan I had was falling apart. At the end I had to kind of wing everything -- and it somehow came out to be a success. There was even a time I almost failed out of a college class (a requirement for my major), but at the end I managed to get a B.
I'm also kind of a thrill-seeking dumbass, nothing hardcore like sky-diving or whatever, but I find the time to do stupid stunts in my urban environment. Anyways, I came out of those situations relatively fine. Where others would've gotten broken bones, I ended up with sprains. I'm not saying I'm superman because it seems that I'm accident prone, but I'm still lucky enough to not end up in casts. I almost dislocated the same arm twice within a month time frame (have been rehabing it recently which is helping), almost broke my jaw (I have a loose disc in there, but it beats a broken jaw), almost broke my left wrist a long time ago (fell on it, was a sprain, and it healed pretty well), and I've had some injuries that I should've gotten surgery on when I was a teenager -- but because I've lived with them for so long while playing sports, doctors are recommending I don't get any surgery. Sure, I'll never have an athletic career, but at least I'm not sitting on my ass.
Another time which I'm really lucky, and this is a lame example but I'll use it anyway, is in videogames. There's always that one boss who's hard to kill, and if he hits me one more time I'm dead. So I do that one do-or-die move and I win. It happens pretty frequently for me.
Aside from having "good luck," I also seem to perform very well in a high pressure situation. I remember I had to do a project for a class and I wrote a very promising proposal. I was talking to a friend of mine about it and I said, "This can either turn out to be very crappy or very awesome," and he said, "Make it very awesome." That put a lot of pressure on me...and it turned out to be a project I'm still proud of. Another time I remember is when I was really little. Now I'm not an athletic person, but I did play little league like almost all american males. Anyways, I was terrible at it, but I did have my moments. There was one time someone hit the ball, it was flying at my face and I caught it like nothing. And normally I had trouble stopping a grounder or a pop-fly. So wtf, that one moment where my teeth could've been knocked out or my nose broke, I managed to catch the ball.
Do I have good luck, or am I a huge egomaniac? If people can confirm me that I have good luck and perform better when put under pressure, I might be able to turn my life around. I've been playing it safe for too long, thinking that if I take these small, low-risk steps things will start going my way -- but that never ******* happens. Maybe if I start taking big risks I'll make big gains.
