As you know my wife and I have just finished our trip across country to Arizona. While we were unpacking our kitchenware, my wife said something to me that struck a chord: “Would you believe it, I’ve opened every box but one and all I’ve found is the stuff that we never use!”. While this upset her somewhat, I thought about it a while and then realized why this sort of thing happens.
My wife was convinced it was nothing more than “bad luck” (though what’s bad about it I really don’t know….finding you’ve just had your identity stolen MIGHT be thought of as “bad luck” but not opening the box with the dishes we use frequently is hardly life-threatening…………is it!? But I digress……….
Luck is NOTHING MORE than a wish for the future (”good luck to you!”) or an excuse for the past (”that was bad luck”). That’s ALL that luck is.
So what had REALLY happened? Though it certainly wasn’t bad luck it WAS something that Casino owners know a lot about. ODDS. You see, most of our crockery is NEVER used; we use the same few plates and pans every night, but most of it (probably 9 pieces out of 10) are either for show, or are family heirlooms which are always stored out of site (mainly because they’re so damned UGLY).
So that leaves about 1 box in 10 that had the items that we frequently use in it. So, what are the ODDS that the very first box that she opened would be the one with the items in that she wanted that night? One in ten! Very poor odds indeed by most gamblers standards.
The second box she opened? The odds would improve of course to one in nine. Still not good odds. After that the odds continue to improve, one in eight, one in seven and so on all the way down to 1 in 1 which is “a sure thing”.
She finally opened the box and it WAS the last box. Unlucky? Nope, it was the FIRST box that was packed, BECAUSE these items were at the FRONT of our cabinets. Being the first box packed, it was also the first onto the moving van………………and therefore the LAST one off. When the movers took the first one off, they put it into the kitchen on the floor FIRST and then stacked the other boxes on top of IT, making it, very logically, the last one that we would open. Ta DAAAAAA!
Whenever you see a sign or ad on TV from a Casino telling you how much they paid out that month, just think about how much they TOOK IN, if they could afford to pay out so much. If they are telling you that they paid out 4,000,000 then they certainly took in more than that, otherwise they’d go out of business. Gambling is NOT about luck, it’s about entertainment……………..very EXPENSIVE entertainment I might add.
Okay, what’s my point in all this? Simple. STACK THE ODDS IN YOUR FAVOR!!! Don’t rely on luck because there is NO SUCH THING! Don’t do the lottery………………..gambling is for LOSERS not winners. Spend your resources (your time, your money and your thinking) profitably.
How do you do this? You study, then you take ACTION. Here’s one of the best places to start I’ve seen:
Treat yourself to an early Christmas present! Give yourself the gift of the ability to make money online whenever YOU choose to.
Luke.
