Do you consider yourself unlucky? Ever feel like fate has dealt you a bad hand? Let's experiment with another way of looking at things.

Did you ever feel cursed by fate? You know, as if something - bad genes, bad parents, childhood trauma, wrong color, wrong body, wrong side of the tracks (it really doesn't matter what) - has ruined your chances to succeed in life?  

If you do, there is something very important you need to understand, so you can take yourself from feeling like you do to where you want to be in the future. Here it is: None of those things are holding you back. But something is, and it's far more powerful than a crippling disease or poverty.  

What is holding you back is your belief about what you are worth and what you can do. Henry Ford said it as well as anyone: "If you think you can, you're right. And if you think you can't, you're right."

Sure, it's a big plus to have loving parents and good looks and lots of money. But you don't have to have them to succeed - to do and have what you want in life. You do have to accept responsibility, though: for choices you make or don't make, for how you respond to what happens to you, and for developing yourself to achieve your full potential. And once you let go of your excuses and accept responsibility, you also assume control.  

You take charge of your own life, and if you still believe in it, your own fate. And you know, it's the most amazing thing - you also start to get "lucky"!