luck
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Acknowledging the role of luck is the secular equivalent of religious awakening.
Rules for Engineering Serendipity
We often assume that luck is something which happens to us. But according to James Austin, we should radically reframe what luck means.
We put a lot of weight on the backstories of objects, even — maybe especially — when those stories aren’t happy ones.
You can't force luck. But you can increase your chances (by a lot) to get lucky. Here's how to do it with luck surface area.
Most of us think that luck just happens (or doesn’t) but everyone can learn to look for the unexpected and find serendipity
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It pays to imagine your life is on a winning streak.
Really lucky people may have a specific set of skills that bring chance opportunities their way.