Absnasm has high apple-pie in the sky hopes for 2010!

Find an empowering alternative to the expression "Good luck" (read all 2 entries…)
I don't really believe in luck any more... 17 months ago

..so the kneejerk phrase “Good luck” feels phony and disempowering to me. It suggests that we’re at the mercy of unseen forces of destiny, with less power over our own lives than I would like people to feel they have… because they have.

I would love to find an alternative phrase to say instead, but preferably one that’s not wanky.

Headapollo suggests “Forge your destiny in the crucible of choice”. Wanky.

Jul 17, 2008, 02:41PM PDT | 8 cheers


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Absnasm has high apple-pie in the sky hopes for 2010!

That works... kind of...

..but it’s not very motivating. I’d say something like “Kick ass at your job interview” but I’m just too darned British.

Jul 19, 2008, 01:37PM PDT | Parent | Respond to this 1 cheer

Tink will be returning in baby steps.

"Kick butt"?

“Break a leg”? (An interview is, after all, a kind of performance, and that’s the traditional substitute for “Good luck” in theatre circles.

“Go get ‘em, Tiger”?

Jul 19, 2008, 05:02PM PDT | Respond to this


 

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