Hi friend,
Sometimes, I think I'm lucky.
I'm lucky to be able to do what I love for a living.
I'm getting Sahil Bloom as one of my speakers for Summit 21 this summer which would've been a dream a year ago.
This was unimaginable:
Anyhoo, here are quick 3 ways to get you lucky:
- Showing up: you can't predict what is the right place and the right time. But you can show up more than others so you are more likely to be in the right place at the right time.
- Research: answers to most of your questions are available on the internet. I know this sounds like common sense, but trust me 90% of questions I receieve are along the lines of 'how to write online' (answer - by writing online, duh).
- Improve: if you're too attached to your 'art' which isn't getting results even if you are showing up, it's time to improve. Or you can be fixated and not get results... But we don't want that, do we? :) Even the best folks have room for improvement.
Here's what nobody understands:
It's like math (I'm terrible at it but let me try) -
We had a chapter on Probability, where higher occurrence means higher probability. So you're literally unbeatable if you are consistent.
But the world will always see the tip of the iceberg, never the work.
Let them.
Let them dismiss your effort and call you 'lucky'.
You just focus and increase your surface area of luck.
And repeat.
"I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn't been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn't have been lucky." - Oprah Winfrey
Love,
N
