Happy St. Patrick's Day! My mother's family is from Ireland, so I am always eager to celebrate March 17th. I wear green, listen to my Wolfetones CD in the car and usually have a Guinness with dinner. Growing up, my mom told me it was "bad luck" not to wear green on St. Patrick's Day. And indeed, luck and the Irish go hand-in-hand.
My kids have asked me about luck and superstitions, since I've warned them about walking under ladders, opening umbrellas inside the house, etc. They wanted to know if I really thought I would have "good luck" if I picked up a penny, for example. I told them no, that deep down I don't really believe in superstitions, but life is a lot more fun if we pretend they're real.
It's easy to get carried away, though, especially in sales. Every office, it seems, has its own traditions and superstitions that are observed to varying degrees. But as my dad (a sales manager) was fond of telling me as a child, "The harder I work, the luckier I get." He told me that salespeople who relied upon luck to succeed always seemed to run out of it. The ones who worked steadily and persistently made their own luck, he said. I have always remembered his lessons... but I still wear green on St. Patrick's Day. :)
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- Dave
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