what the british invasion taught me about linkedin

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What the British Invasion Taught Me About LinkedIn

Lucky or LinkedIn?

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Agenda

What is Luck?

The Lucky Ones vs. the Rest of Us

Transform Your Luck

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What is Luck?

Luck runs the spectrumfrom very good luck to very bad luck. Edward de BonoLuck is when talent and opportunity combine.The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck. Tony Robbins Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. SenecaAbility is of little account without opportunity. Lucille Ball Luck can be madeIm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas JeffersonGood luck is another name for tenacity of purpose. Ralph Waldo Emerson Your competitors can be lucky tooI believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? Jean Cocteau

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The Lucky Ones: Example: Peter Asher (on the left)

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Who is Peter Asher?

In 1964, Peters song, World Without Love, reached #1 on the charts (US & UK.)

Arriving in the US with the British invasion, women screamed and tried to rip off his clothes.

One of the Lucky Ones, Peter was 20 years old.

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Luck is when Talent and Opportunity Meet

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What caused Peter Luck?

Jane Asher, Peters sister, was also Paul McCartneys girlfriend. Peter was a second degree connection to Paul.

World Without Love, written by Paul was gifted to Peter to record. It was Peters bands only #1 hit.

(After putting his clothes back on,) Peter joined the Beatles record company, becoming a talent scout and producer and has enjoyed an exceptionally successful career ever since.

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The Lucky Ones

The Rest of Us

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The Lucky Ones vs. The Rest of Us


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The Lucky Ones

Steve Wozniak considers himself lucky to have met Steve Jobs.

Had Lorenzo de Medici, the reigning power of the Renaissance , not met Michelangelo when he was a young boy and offered to become his benefactor, the Sistine Chapel would not be painted.

Without Peter Asher meeting Paul McCartney, would there have been a British Invasion?

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Lessons Learned

Some people just step in it.

For those of us who dont, there is LinkedIn.

Luck cannot substitute for talent or replace hard work.

Go forth and Be Lucky.

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Lucky

LinkedIn

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Are you Lucky or LinkedIn? Luck, any way you find it, is still Luck.


Thank You

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