363. How To Be Awesome At Having The Best Luck Ever
I think luck is less random and more based on 2 things…
Putting yourself in more situations where luck can find you…
And becoming the kind of person who is actually looking for it when it does.
They’re out there. They’re in the arena. They’re meeting people, trying things, taking chances, going places, following ideas, and creating more opportunities for something good to happen.
But I also think luck has a lot to do with perspective.
Two people can experience the exact same setback and see it completely differently. One person sees proof that nothing works. The other person thinks, “Okay… what could this make possible?”
People who believe they are lucky tend to look for evidence that good things happen to them. They notice opportunities. They see possibilities. They expect something good could come from the situation.
And find what you’re looking for.
Sometimes the lucky break doesn’t happen because someone is smarter.
Or more talented.
Or more connected.
It happens because they were still there when the opportunity showed up.
If you believe nothing ever works out for you, you will find evidence for that everywhere.
If you believe good things happen to you, they are more likely to.
LUCKY PEOPLE STAY IN THE GAME LONG ENOUGH FOR LUCK TO FIND THEM
A lot of what we call luck is really persistence.
Someone kept going long enough to still be there when the opportunity finally showed up.
They kept creating. Kept asking. Kept applying. Kept trying. Kept learning. Kept meeting people. Kept taking another shot.
You cannot beat someone who has already decided they will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes.
If quitting is off the table, you automatically give yourself more chances for something to break your way.
Sometimes the “lucky” person simply lasted longer than everyone else.
They were still in the room when the right person walked in.
They were still building when the market changed.
They were still posting when one video finally took off.
They were still trying when the right opportunity appeared.
Luck rewards longevity.
GET IN THE ARENA
Luck has a hard time finding you if you are sitting on the sidelines.
The people who seem to get lucky are often out there doing more.
They go to the dinner.
They attend the event.
They introduce themselves.
They take the trip.
They try the class.
They send the email.
They make the call.
They publish the idea.
They take a chance without knowing exactly how it will turn out.
You cannot control every outcome, but you can control how many opportunities you create for a good outcome.
More action means more chances for something unexpected to happen.
Give luck more opportunities to bump into you.
INCREASE YOUR SURFACE AREA FOR LUCK
Think about luck in terms of probability.
One conversation gives you one possibility.
Ten conversations give you ten.
One pitch gives you one chance.
Fifty pitches give you fifty.
One new experience exposes you to one set of people and ideas.
A life filled with new experiences exposes you to hundreds.
Luck can still be random, but you can absolutely increase the number of moments where randomness has a chance to work in your favor.
Ask yourself:
Where could I go that puts me around new people?
Who could I talk to?
What could I try?
What could I apply for?
What could I create?
What could I say yes to?
STOP REQUIRING A GUARANTEED OUTCOME
A lot of people miss opportunities because they need certainty before taking action.
Will this work?
Will this be worth my time?
Will this person say yes?
Will this make money?
Will this lead somewhere?
Sometimes you have absolutely no idea.
And that is where possibility lives.
If you only do things where you can predict the outcome, you remove a huge amount of serendipity from your life.
Some of the best things that happen to us begin with no obvious payoff.
Follow the interesting thing.
Take the meeting.
Explore the idea.
Try the thing.
Let curiosity lead sometimes.
LUCK HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
Your brain is constantly filtering information.
You cannot notice everything around you, so what you expect and what you focus on changes what you actually see.
If you believe nothing ever works out for you, you will find evidence for that everywhere.
If you believe there are opportunities all around you, you start noticing them.
You notice the person you should talk to.
The idea worth exploring.
The opening.
The invitation.
The connection.
The possibility.
You find what you are looking for.
This does not mean pretending bad things do not happen.
It means training yourself to ask:
What is available to me here?
What could be good about this?
What opportunity might I be missing?
DECIDE THAT YOU ARE A LUCKY PERSON
There is power in the identity you carry around.
If you move through life thinking, “Good things happen to me,” you behave differently.
You are more open.
More curious.
More willing to engage.
More likely to take a chance.
More likely to notice something good.
This is not about believing you are entitled to a perfect life.
It is about expecting possibility.
Instead of only asking, “What if this goes wrong?”
Ask, “What if this goes incredibly right?”
That shift changes how you move through the world.
SOMETIMES BAD LUCK BECOMES GOOD LUCK BECAUSE OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE
One of the most interesting things about luck is that you often cannot tell whether something is lucky or unlucky while it is happening.
Something falls apart.
You lose an opportunity.
Someone rejects you.
A plan changes.
Something does not work out the way you wanted.
At the time, it can feel like terrible luck.
But then it redirects you.
You meet someone you would not have met.
You start something you never would have started.
You learn something you desperately needed to learn.
You end up somewhere better.
Sometimes what initially looks like the worst thing becomes one of the luckiest things that ever happened to you.
The person who is open to that possibility responds differently.
Instead of immediately deciding, “This is terrible,” they ask:
What could this be redirecting me toward?
How could I use this?
What could become possible because this happened?
OPTIMISM KEEPS YOU IN THE GAME
Optimism is not believing everything will always work out exactly how you want.
It is believing you will figure out what to do next.
That mindset matters enormously when something goes wrong.
A pessimistic response says, “See? I knew this wouldn’t work.”
An optimistic response says, “Okay. That didn’t work. What now?”
One response ends the game.
The other keeps you playing.
And the longer you keep playing, the more chances you have for luck to find you.
Optimism creates endurance.
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS CREATE LUCK
A massive amount of luck comes through other people.
Someone recommends you.
Someone introduces you.
Someone tells you about an opportunity.
Someone thinks of you.
Someone invites you somewhere.
Someone shares an idea that changes the way you see something.
Relationships create intersections you could never manufacture on your own.
Be interested in people.
Help people.
Make introductions.
Be generous.
Follow up.
Stay connected.
Talk to people you have no obvious reason to talk to.
You never know which conversation becomes important later.
FOLLOW CURIOSITY MORE OFTEN
Curiosity is one of the easiest ways to create unexpected opportunity.
Read the thing.
Learn the skill.
Visit the place.
Ask the question.
Explore the topic.
Try the hobby.
Meet the person.
You do not always need to justify everything with productivity or ROI.
Sometimes the dots connect later.
A random interest today could create an opportunity five years from now.
Curiosity puts more dots on the page.
TAKE MORE SHOTS
This might be one of the simplest ways to become luckier.
Take more shots.
If you want the opportunity, apply.
If you want the collaboration, ask.
If you want the business, pitch.
If you want people to hear your ideas, publish them.
If you want to meet more people, go where people are.
If you want a different life, start creating different inputs.
You do not need every shot to work.
You need enough shots that a few work really well.
The goal is not a 100 percent success rate.
The goal is to stay active enough that something has a chance to hit.
ASK: HOW CAN I GIVE LUCK MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND ME?
Make this a regular question.
Who could I reach out to?
Where could I go?
What invitation could I accept?
What idea could I test?
What could I publish?
What could I learn?
What slightly uncomfortable thing could I do?
Do not sit around hoping to get lucky.
Build a life that gives luck a lot of entry points.
I think the biggest shift is realizing that creating more luck is not about controlling what happens to you.
You cannot.
Random things happen.
Things go wrong.
Plans fall apart.
And sometimes incredible opportunities appear completely out of nowhere.
But you can decide how you live in between those moments.
You can stay in the game.
You can get in the arena.
You can meet more people.
Take more shots.
Follow more curiosity.
Put yourself in more rooms.
And you can choose to move through life believing that good things are possible and looking for evidence of them.
Because you tend to find what you are looking for.
And sometimes something that looks like terrible luck in the moment becomes one of the best things that ever happened to you because you were willing to ask, “Okay… what can I do with this?”
So maybe being lucky is not about sitting around waiting for the universe to pick you.
Maybe it is deciding:
I am going to stay in this long enough.
I am going to put myself out there enough.
I am going to keep looking for the good.
And I am going to create so many opportunities for something great to happen that eventually, something will.
Luck is out there ready and waiting for you… put yourself in the situations and be ready for it!