Man, I'm just jumping up and down with this one!  I was thinking about threes, and how Cornelis implied the three wishes in his wonderful manip.  I thought, "hat trick."  Then I remembered this hat I'd done that appears to be floating in mid-air ... a pretty good trick for a hat!  When I opened the file, I saw the three bead medallions, and my happiness was complete. 

1)  The term "hat trick" implies that three goals have been accomplished.
2)  The hat itself is doing a little trick
3)  There are three medallions on the hat.

Three ways to get three, with one image.  (And it's my third one, just for good measure.) 

Life is good.

"Hat Trick"

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa