A little bad luck? Don't get down - just get back to work

I got an email from a nonprofit today telling me that they were having so much trouble staying afloat. Bad timing, lack of response, just plain old bad luck she said. I knew of her organization and also knew how important her work was. I wondered, was she doing all she could to do the job? Did she have powerful good expectations? Did she expect others to support her when she didn't really walk the talk herself? Was she allowing her organization and herself to be a victim?

A little bad luck - British psychologist Richard Wiseman, author of The Luck Factor, believes that we should be grateful for our bad luck -- at least some of it, anyway. He says bad luck can motivate or even force us to make positive changes in our lives. It may just be the fact that consistent hard work can enable you to outlast the bad fortune around you. So....here's to the nonprofits that are having a tough time - stay positive, listen to your instincts, look for signs & coincidences...and work hard. You can make it!