VIBGYOR, BODMAS, these are the mnemonic words used during the school to remember the colour of rainbow (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red) and mathematical order (Bracket, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction) of arithmetic expression. Mnemonic is the technique used in memorizing the difficult series of words/ action in easy way.
The author Ashwin Sanghi has also created in a mnemonic for these 13 principles in the book “13 Steps to Bloody Good Luck”, CAUSING RIPPLE. Co-relating with the rain-water harvesting from where the author got idea to write this book, he came with this mnemonic. As the water caught by the rain-water in the tub kept on terrace causes ripple, similarly the opportunities caught using these 13 principles will cause ripple in your life and bring good change in you.
| C | Confidence | Lucky people develop their confidence and communicate |
| A | Alertness | Lucky people find ways to remain calm and thus alert |
| U | Unlearn | Lucky people unlearn old attitudes and approaches |
| S | Situations | Lucky people make the best of bad situations |
| I | Intuition | Lucky people listen to their intuition and develop it |
| N | Network | Lucky people grow and strengthen their network |
| G | Goodness | Lucky people understand the power of goodness |
| R | Risks | Lucky people take calculated risk, cut losses and learn from mistakes |
| I | Information | Lucky people stay informed and thus absorb new ideas |
| P | Positivity | Lucky people stay positive, preserve and cultivate a thick skin |
| P | Passion | Lucky people seek ways to get paid for their passion |
| L | Leverage | Lucky people leverage preparation, planning and potential |
| E | Experiment | Lucky people are willing to try new things |
These 13 attitudes and approaches are by no means exhaustive. But these are the common traits found in the people who eventually succeed in getting lucky. We have seen some examples like JRD Tata, Ghanshyamdas Birla, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, Sunil Bharati Mittal, AR Rahman, and many more.
subodh anjal 