Lucky vs. Repeatable
“The way to attract good luck is to be reliable in a valuable area.
The more you repeatedly deliver value, the more people seek you out for that value.
Your reputation is a magnet. Once you become known for something, relevant opportunities come to you with no extra work.”
The more you repeatedly deliver value, the more people seek you out for that value.
Your reputation is a magnet. Once you become known for something, relevant opportunities come to you with no extra work.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Taking Risks, Attracting Good Luck, and the Benefits of Rest | James Clear
How to Be Lucky¶
You make your own luck. There's a great experiment that I can't cite, but it has stuck in my mind since I was a child. They identified people as lucky and unlucky, and asked them to count the number of photographs in a newspaper. The unlucky people took a long time to count the photographs, while the lucky people took a very short ... See more
You make your own luck. There's a great experiment that I can't cite, but it has stuck in my mind since I was a child. They identified people as lucky and unlucky, and asked them to count the number of photographs in a newspaper. The unlucky people took a long time to count the photographs, while the lucky people took a very short ... See more
Jason Liu • Advice to Young People, the Lies I Tell Myself
On Luck
"'Give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky' is even better advice than it appears on the surface. Luck isn’t an independent variable but increases super-linearly with more surface area—you meet more people, make more connections between new ideas, learn patterns, etc."
-- Sam Altman
"'Give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky' is even better advice than it appears on the surface. Luck isn’t an independent variable but increases super-linearly with more surface area—you meet more people, make more connections between new ideas, learn patterns, etc."
-- Sam Altman