“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”
– Michael Jordan
Jang Won-Young is one of the top-notch prestigious female idols in K-pop. She is not only incredibly gorgeous but also talented and dedicated to her career. Recently, she has been famous for her positive mindset: Lucky Vicky or Jang Won-Young’s Mindset. In this article, The Sunday Snug will explain this mindset’s technique so that we can put it into practice!
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What is Lucky Vicky?
Lucky Vicky or Jang Won-Young’s Mindset has become popular in Korean society generally and people who have enthusiasm for K-pop particularly. This positive thought stemmed from the video about her trip to Spain. Here, she had to line up to buy cakes, but they were out of stock. Nonetheless, instead of being upset, Won-Young happily waited and told herself “Ah, then I will be able to eat a new batch of cakes”, “I guess the Goddess of luck is on my side”. In another show, Won-Young was asked about her feelings when there were manifold negative comments about her, she just answered: “No problem, I don’t care. You are you and I am me”.
For this surprising reaction, netizens have admired the way of thinking of a young girl. Simultaneously, Jang Won-Young shared her positive thinking technique on a talk show and people called it “Lucky Vicky” or “Jang Won-Young’s Mindset”.
Three rules of Lucky Vicky
According to Won-Young, Lucky Vicky has three crucial rules as follows:
The first rule – Born strong from the start
This rule indicates that everyone is not perfect from the beginning. Therefore, it is understandable that we usually make mistakes in life. However, it is not synonymous with the fact that we will be a failure forever. We can spend time improving ourselves step-by-step and day-by-day in order to be a better version of ourselves. It is never too late to perfect yourself!
The second rule – I need to maintain my pace
Have you ever been through anxious or jealous feelings because you are not as excellent as your peers? Well.. that’s the core of this rule! When caring about other people’s pace or seeing their achievements excessively, we accidentally forget our pace. In other words, we spend an amount of time getting jealous and self-deprecated with other people instead of focusing on our pace. In this way, we will not only lose lots of time and opportunities to develop ourselves but also have pessimistic emotions.
To avoid such a negative situation, we need to concentrate on only our pace! Besides, please keep in mind that everyone has their own pace and no one has the same route. It is fine for you to look at someone’s milestones as motivation, however, you must not be obsessed with those paces too much as well as not try to imitate them. Analogously, we should not be bothered by what people are thinking about us!
It is undeniable that “Pressure makes diamonds”. Nonetheless, don’t forget that “Bread dough rises when you let it rest”. Not all people can be suitable to be a diamond and vice versa. Moreover, there is no standard to define success. As a result, it is crucial for us to focus on only our pace so that we can obtain the desired milestones. Everyone has their own definition of success, your success is not as brilliant as other’s does not mean you are a failure. So be brave and shining in your own way!
The third rule – Focus on strengths rather than weaknesses
People have a tendency to focus excessively on weaknesses instead of developing strengths. Consequently, they get self-deprecated and doubt their abilities. As a result, they get nervous to step out of their safe zone to develop themselves.
In fact, weaknesses cannot represent true strengths: a fish cannot climb does not mean it can not swim, a monkey cannot fly does not mean it cannot climb. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses and we should learn how to accept them. Instead of worrying about your weaknesses, let’s fix them. Simultaneously, you need to improve your strengths as impeccable as possible. If it is not true, it doesn’t seem to have any impact. If it is something that really needs to be fixed, then you just fix it.
When you acknowledge your true value and know how to love your imperfect side, you will definitely love yourself a lot.
Is Lucky Vicky similar to Toxic Positivity?
When I was learning Lucky Vicky, a question that spring to my mind: “Does this technique look like Toxic Positivity?”. After spending time studying, I felt at ease because Lucky Vicky is different from Toxic Positivity.
Lucky Vicky: a mindset that helps people see the positive side of the problems and situations they encounter. This technique helps us face and address issues more effectively as well as learn lessons through those circumstances.
Toxic Positivity: describes excessive positivity, which occurs when people focus only on what is positive, refusing to acknowledge or express negative emotions. Suppressing negative emotions with toxic positivity is actually denying emotions and promoting inauthentic happiness. This way of thinking may be harmful to both physical and mental health as well as directly affect your thinking system.
The biggest difference between those two terminologies is that Lucky Vicky helps people accept imperfect side and focus on developing strengths as well as their own pace. By doing this way, people will acknowledge their real values and make efforts to perfect themselves day-by-day. Meanwhile, Toxic Positivity merely concentrates on empty positivity instead of motivating us and addressing issues.
May Toxic Positivity be quite complicated for you? Here is a thorough explanation: Toxic Positivity.
My personal thoughts on positive mindset technique
In my opinion, Lucky Vicky is a mindset that is worth learning. It is quite similar to the positive mindset: “The glass is still half full”. Nonetheless, Lucky Vicky covers the subject more when it can help people accept weaknesses and motivate to focus on strengths and our own pace.
What is “The glass is still half full” mindset? – Click here.
Besides Lucky Vicky, I also have my own technique to accept any circumstances and be ready to face directly to the issue. Actually, this technique is originated from the Indian Spiritual Rules. Those rules are the following as:
- The person who comes into your life is the right person
- What happens is exactly what’s supposed to happen
- Any time you start, is the right time
- When something ends, it ends
Lucky Vicky and Indian Spiritual Rules are significantly helpful for me to overcome challenges. When things are good, I am happy and think that God bless me. When things are not good as I expected, I am not upset because I believe this situation will bring lots of lessons and experience for me; therefore, I must be through it! As a result, I can enjoy myself to the fullest and appreciate every moment of my life.
If you would like to know more this rules: The Four Laws Of Spirituality.
