Four Luck Levels

A framework for understanding and manufacturing luck in your career and life, focusing on how to create opportunities rather than waiting for them.

The Four Levels of Luck

1. Blind Luck

• Pure chance/randomness
• Things falling in your lap without effort
• Least controllable form of luck
• Nothing you can do to influence it

2. Hustle Luck

• Fortune favors the bold
• Taking lots of action creates more opportunities
• Examples of actions:
  • Showing up to more events
  • Making introductions
  • Publishing analysis/content
  • Taking initiative regularly

3. Pattern Recognition

• Developing expertise to spot opportunities
• Building skills to recognize lucky breaks
• Becoming good at identifying patterns
• Using experience to see what others miss

4. Engineered Luck

• Creating situations where luck is likely to occur
• Building systems that attract opportunities
• Designing your environment for success
• Most sophisticated form of luck

Creating "Landing Areas" for Luck

• Increase your "surface area" for luck to find you
• Create content to attract opportunities
• Build networks and relationships
• Position yourself where luck is more likely to occur
• Focus on being "known well" rather than "well known"
• Put yourself in proximity to success and successful people

Key Principles

• Luck can be manufactured and engineered
• Focus on increasing odds rather than waiting for chance
• Create systems that naturally attract opportunities
• Build skills to recognize and capitalize on lucky breaks
• Take consistent action to increase likelihood of good fortune