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by brwsr 3002 days ago
In order to get lucky with something you have to give luck a chance. There is no way to win a lottery when you don't buy a ticket in the first place. The more tickets you buy (the more involved you are), the greater the chance you'll win (luck). What's more to it?

Btw, what is luck? Some things that make you happy in the short term can easily destroy everything that's dear to you in the long term.

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A long time ago I was inspired by a comment on HN which put this in terms of "increasing your luck surface area". The phrasing stuck with me and I've applied it to my life ever since.
Good book for you: Luck Factor. It talks a lot about this.

https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/books/the-luck-factor/

...by Richard Wiseman, mentioned in the article.
Seems to go back to 2010 in the HN context:

https://page99test.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/making-the-front...