Luck with money

[kitten_uk2]

Are people born lucky with money or does it just come to them at a certain time in there life, ive tried everything, from lottery to magazine competions, ive only ever won a tenner and that was a year or so ago, i did 15 copies of take a break magazine competions without a win(my mum has done about 30 without a win either) me and my partner both work and we have a child under 2, i just feel im going to be poor forever, will my luck change?

[Postdog]

I'm with you on that. I work my B's off to pay the bills and keep my head above water, and life is a constant struggle. Yet I seem to always see people who have money or don't need it, get lucky. For instance, in work, we have a scheme where people have a few quid deducted as a charity thing, but there is also the chance to win money because of it. I have won nothing in the ten years I have been doing it, but a colleague has won three lots of �1000.

[DMA]

they say money goes to money.

Actually Ive not won much on lottery till Dec last year when I won about 7 tennas in the one month. I then won nowt till last Friday when I got a whole �8 on eurolottery. Im hoping my names on the �35m this Friday.

[sandbach99]

Do the competitions on the web, cheaper than buying magazines and better odds, www.ThePrizefinder.co.uk lists competitions in closing date order, cash, storevouchers, hols.,dvds.

Also try the freebie sites Goggle for these not sure of name but something like netfreebies lists loads free shampoo, makeup, loads of samples once your on some lists the samples keep coming. O K they may only do one wash or two but it all helps.
Most need name address etc there is a download which means you only have to press one key and the name and address fill automatically, I haven't got it don't know how to get it. I won �500 stoe vouchers at Xmas, a website, and a dog toy since, do as many free comps as possible and you will win, but remember everyone goes through no win spells, don't give up and don't gamble on the net, enjoy waiting for the postman to call. Good luck

[sandbach99]

The link doesn't quite work scroll down and you'll see it

[jason1980]

I think it depends how positive & determined you are and your drive for success and to lead a better life. My mother brought us up on her own and cleaned on and off for 20 years, she'd been on and off of benefits but then she set just set up a cleaning business without any help which got bigger and bigger in a short space of time, she now has over 25 staff in 3 years covering all kinds of cleaning contracts.

[WoWo]

I think it's about attitude. I don't mean this disrespectfully but you mention about all the competitions you have been doing but what else have you done to actually improve your life. I'm sure this isn't true but from the question it looks like I want it all and I don't want to do anything (other than answering a question) for it.

I was working in a poorly paid job gettting peanuts with no prospects, rather than going and getting lottery tickets and trying online competitions I went back to college (at my own expense and didn't have a day off for 3 years) and got some qualifications. I now earn 5 times what I did in my previous job and have loads more spare time.

For me luck is great planning meeting great opportunity. People might say I'm lucky to be earning what I do but for me I worked myself into a position where it was possible.

[WendyS]

I tend to agree with WoWo that being fortunate with money is all about personal attitude and not expecting to get anything for free. This means developing yourself to increase your money-earning skills and learning how to adopt money-saving, prudent habits. Most people who have money haven't won it from the lottery, premium bonds or competitions, but by developing & increasing their earning power in some way.

I'm reminded of the story of a woman who said to a world famous concert pianist "Arn't you lucky being able to play so wonderfully?". His reply was "And arn't I lucky having to practice eight hours every day to maintain that standard?". Life tends to be like that I'm afraid.

Perhaps if you and your partner can sit down and take a long hard look at your skills and ask yourselves how you can develop them in the long term, it may be possible to increase your earning power. But that might involve having to return to Adult Education Classes courses or some other long term commitment. But probably it will be a more reliable method than waiting for a big lottery win or a �1 million premium bonds prize.

[Hermia]

I don't think I am particularly lucky with money, but I am good with money and that is the thing that counts!

Re: competitions. The people you read about in the papers who win zillions of competitions put a lot of work into it. They spend ages thinking up slogans and trying to track down entry forms etc. You are unlikely to have much luck with magazines like Take a Break because so many people enter the competitions. To improve your chance of winning competitions you need to go in for those that require skill (i.e. writing slogans) and make an effort to find more obscure competitions that won't get as many entrants.

I don't earn much as I am in a vocational profession, but I earn myself pocket money via ebay. I sell off stuff that I no longer want and I also occasionally see things in sales/charity shops that I sell on. I also make cards which I sell to friends/family/colleagues.

I recommend getting 'The Luck Factor' by Richard Wiseman out of the library. He looked at people who considered themselves lucky and those who don't. He found the people who themselves lucky were luckier, but it was because they tended to have a more positive attitude and grabbed opportunities with both hands.