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#46: Luck Emerges in Positions of Uncertainty 🍀

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I recently changed my mind on luck after experiencing enough positive unexpected moments that I knew it couldn’t be due to pure chance. I savored a private 9-course tasting menu at one of NYC’s finest Italian restaurants, free of charge. Partners at venture capital firms reached out to chat. I had breakfast with Fred Again’s uncle. Some things are outside of our control. We don’t get to decide what country we’re born in or who our parents are, but that’s just one type of luck. The luck that I’ll be referring to from here on is the kind that’s malleable and entirely within our control. Just because it’s in our control doesn’t mean we can just think, wish, or pray and it’ll happen. We must seek out this type of luck. The other way is letting it find us. What does it mean if you describe someone as “lucky”? How does it feel to experience a lucky event? It’s actually quite simple. What we perceive as good luck is just the experience of good things that we didn’t expect. When you spot a $20

I recently changed my mind on luck after experiencing enough positive unexpected moments that I knew it couldn’t be due to pure chance. I savored a private 9-course tasting menu at one of NYC’s finest Italian restaurants, free of charge. Partners at venture capital firms reached out to chat. I had breakfast with Fred Again’s uncle. Some things are outside of our control. We don’t get to decide what country we’re born in or who our parents are, but that’s just one type of luck. The luck that I’ll be referring to from here on is the kind that’s malleable and entirely within our control. Just…

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