6 Ways to Keep Increasing the Surface Area of Luck and Letting Randomness Take You Places
Luck is defined as "success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions". Another definition is "chance considered as a force that causes good or bad things to happen".
For this piece, let's limit our thinking to good luck alone. That's the stuff that makes magic happen in our lives.
Let's imagine the scenarios of good luck playing out #
You sign up a Fortune 500 client
You build friendships that bring joy
You meet someone who becomes your life partner
You read something that changes your perspective
You get selected/recommended for your dream job
You build relationships that shape your professional career in amazing ways
All may not happen in your lifetime, but even if one or more of these things happened, you'd be blessed in many ways. The irony is that you can't linearly chase these, i.e., I will do this, and then that will happen, and it will lead to the next thing.
To clarify the point, imagine all the lucky instances you were endowed with and ask yourself if you could have planned any of those.
You couldn't. It happened. You were in the right place at the right time.
Randomness can't be scheduled for your benefit. This isn't Physics, and hence there are no definite laws to follow.
What you could do is increase the odds of good luck catching up with you. This refers to focusing on elements entirely in your control that attract many opportunities, which could be life-changing. The following are 6 of them:
Read
Be Kind
Create Content
Be a Lifelong Learner
Always Pursue Excellence
Meet People and Engage with them
Each of these is a magic pill on its own. 6 of them together make for a potent combination from which good luck cannot escape. Let me explain -
Kindness is in short supply, and hence, you stand out when you're living this virtue.
Reading opens up your mind and broadens your horizons, making you interesting.
Creating content gets people to know you, understand you, and then reach out to you.
Being a Lifelong learner turns every opportunity into a learning experience.
Pursuing Excellence is even shorter in supply than kindness. The world is filled with people cutting corners and doing shoddy work, and hence, you stand out when you always do great work. Spotting a diamond shining bright in the muck doesn't take time.
Switch Off Your TV, disconnect your Social Media, and leave your comfort zone to meet and engage with people. Have interesting conversations with inspiring people, learn from people, teach them something, and exchange energies one-on-one. There is magic waiting to happen in conversations.
Try these out, and you will find what you have always been looking for !!!
I have been experimenting with creating content online and it’s been an exciting and insightful journey. I aspire to create content daily but fall short of that goal, due to time constraints and travel. But I am committed to doing a better job going forward.
I’d like to share that I have started posting regular content on Linkedin, X, and Reels. I’d be happy to connect with you on these platforms too and you can find me easily since there aren’t many Gvalani’s out there ;)
Wishing you a fantastic day ahead and may MI catch up on the points table in the ongoing IPL 🧿