Don’t rest on your laurels, brag about your past performance or field expectations on account of services rendered. Simply put, being a winner once doesn’t guarantee ongoing success. Maybe these businesses and individuals can see what’s happening before you do simply because they haven’t built walls of expectation around themselves. Maybe if you look twice you’ll see that they’re not straddled with ego, expectation or envy. Maybe Lucky Joes don’t depend on luck as much as they rely on simplicity. Lucky, you’d curse bitterly under your breath.

They don’t seem to put in much effort and yet, they always seem to be more successful at what they do than you are, regardless of how hard you try. Lucky Joes are basically Average Joes with a timely, almost enviable, luck-of-the-devil that allows them to be in the right place at the right time, with the right tools at their disposal and with the right attitude. None of these companies were big, fast or strong in their respective fields when they brought in these inventions, but they followed the trends, fielded products that were a response to the demands of the market, and managed to corner it.Īlmost all of us know a Lucky Joe of our own. That’s how Apple brought in the iPod for the mp3-hungry masses and Facebook certified the age of social media. As is often demonstrated, winners aren’t those that set the trends that others follow, but rather those who can see where the current trends are going, follow them, and jockey onto them in such a way that others think they started it. Sometimes winners are the ones who happened to be well-tuned in to their surroundings.

They don’t have to be loud, engaging or constantly coming up with new ideas. As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simpleminded does not necessarily mean stupid…When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple childlike and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block…' - The Tao of Pooh, page 12 & 20Īccording to the Pooh philosophy, winners don’t need to be the smartest, the quickest, the most discerning or the most analytical. The Uncarved Block 'No matter how he may seem to others, especially to those fooled by appearances, Pooh, the Uncarved Block, is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.

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