Luck Is a Lie. You Make Your Own Luck.

Entrepreneur Naval Ravikant wrote a viral thread called How to Get Rich (without getting lucky). What is subtly embedded in his post is the work hard philosophy. But he doesn’t suggest working hard for the rest of your life. Naval’s contention is to work hard long enough to figure out a handful of things.

He calls it specific knowledge. “Building specific knowledge will feel like play to you but will look like work to others.” When you work (play) hard for long enough, you learn a skill that can’t be replicated easily or taught at a university that wants 6-figures to obtain it.

• Opportunities come from other people. If you want to create luck you need people to have a habit of offering opportunities via email. 
• The word network is misunderstood. Networking in the traditional sense means getting something. This approach is transactional, and transactional relationships are commoditized and come down to price. Networking is ugly. Building relationships is where the juice is.
• Relationships are built by starting conversations and expecting zero in return.

• Open your mind to the idea there is more than enough joy out there for you. 
• Don’t partner with cynics and pessimists. Their beliefs are self-fulfilling. One side is chaos. The other side is a better future. 
• Optimism naturally creates luck because optimism leads to opportunities that come from fixing problems.

The advice that works is the advice given from a person who isn’t simply trying to get you out of their crowded inbox. 

Action leads to luck. Consistent action over 5 years makes you lucky because you get a glimpse at outcomes, and the opportunity to iterate on your mistakes so you can turn them into your advantages.