1) Blind luck
This is what most people think luck is.
Something completely outside your control makes your life better.
You win the lottery.
You inherit a fortune.
You win a competition.
You get your dream job by accident.
You stumble upon your dream partner.
Sounds great, right?
The problem: blind luck is unreliable.
You can’t influence it.
You can’t use it to change your life.
It just happens.
I want your success to be guaranteed, so you can’t depend on blind luck.
2) Luck from hard work/hustle
This type is very different from the first one.
It’s within your control.
It happens when you try so many things, actions, and opportunities that something finally works.
You say “yes” to everything.
In a sense, you find luck through experimentation.
Volume negates luck — when you do a ton of work, it’s hard for nothing to go well.
I relied on this heavily in the past. It’s great for beginners.
But there are two huge disadvantages:
1) It revolves around the grind mindset — sacrificing everything for your goals (love, health, happiness, enjoyment).
Brute force, not precision.
Violence, not specificity.
2) The risk of becoming good at something you hate
After so much trial and error, when something finally works you feel relief.
Rain after three years of drought.
But because of all the experimentation, the thing that finally works might be something you don’t like doing.
It’s far from your original intention.
It pays, so you stick with it.
And you become Sisyphus — rolling the rock up the hill without joy.
I’ve fallen into this trap because of misguided ambition.
For the love of God, learn from my lesson.
It’s much harder to give up something good for something better than to start right from the beginning.
3) Luck from judgement/knowledge
Let’s say you’re an AI expert in 2012 and you’ve been passionate about the field for 15 years.
You understand the progress AI will cause and how it will revolutionise the world.
Most people don’t even think about AI.
You start looking for companies that will produce the microchips AI needs.
You find a company named NVIDIA.
You know demand for chips will skyrocket.
You invest your savings: $20,000.
What is that $20,000 worth in 2025?
$12,960,000
Almost 13 million dollars.
That’s a return of ~64,700%.
Yeah.
When you gain knowledge and experience in a field, you develop judgement.
Judgement lets you see opportunities other people don’t.
You become excellent at spotting luck.
The only downside… if you don’t have knowledge and experience yet, you can’t use this lever.
4) Luck because of who you are.
This one is hard to understand at first — and it’s the most powerful.
It’s about creating skills, mindset, brand, reputation, and character that attract luck to you.
Becoming a magnet for luck.
If you’re the only person who speaks Japanese at a high level in your country and there’s a critical document the government needs translated… what happens?
They call you — and offer whatever it takes.
Luck finds you because of who you are.
And that is completely in your power.
Shape yourself into someone who attracts luck by default.
My favourite example?
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
From the outside:
Mr. Olympia.
Millionaire real-estate investor.
Highest-paid Hollywood actor.
Governor of California.
Is it luck?
Not possible.
Think about the chances of just one of these goals.
0,0000000000000000000000001%?
Arnold understood this fourth type of luck and used it.
He became the type of person who achieves those things automatically — because of his skills, mindset, brand, reputation, and character.
He also chose each goal — it wasn’t random hustle.
This is the type of luck I want you to rely on going forward.
In short:
Stop counting on blind luck
Don't sacrifice your life and soul for toxic grinding.
Use your knowledge and experience to spot luck in your field.
Build your skills, reputation, mindset, brand and character so that you become the type of person who creates their own luck
Stay sharp,
Adrian
Words I Like:
“Build your character so that luck becomes your destiny.”
― Naval Ravikant
