CHAPTER 5

Purpose

‘I always have a better sense of what I don’t want to do than what I do want to do. I work on an 18-month horizon. If my next 18 months look interesting then I don’t have itchy feet. I don’t have this massive vision or this massive career plan like some do. My life plan is to be always interested in what I am doing.’

ADAM

Luck Factors in this chapter:

Luck Factor 13 – Having life-defining goals

Luck Factor 14 – Having a horizon

Luck Factor 15 – Living in the moment

The purpose of this chapter is to look at goals. There is no accepted wisdom about this. Some of us like to have clear, tightly defined goals that take us step-by-step through life, and which build up into a clearly-thought-through womb-to-tomb success strategy. ...

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