1/ Friends in creative domains: here's my playbook on how to get lucky and how to exploit luck
2/ I used to think that entrepreneurship is all about hard work.
Turns out it's about increasing the probability of luck and then exploiting the hell out of that luck.
Turns out it's about increasing the probability of luck and then exploiting the hell out of that luck.
3/ There are 4 ways to get lucky. You can increase the probability of 3 of them. You should exploit all 4 of them.
4/ Blind luck is the kind of luck you cannot game. But you need to recognize it. Entrepreneurs use journaling, meditation, retreats and masterminds to see blind luck when it comes.
5/ The 2nd kind of luck increases with the volume of your creative work and the number of people who experience your work.
The most productive creatives that share the most become the luckiest creatives.
The most productive creatives that share the most become the luckiest creatives.
6/ The 3rd kind of luck is this: you can see opportunities that no one else sees because of your weirdness: your irrational depth in a domain or (easier) your depth in some weird combinations of domains.
7/ The 4th kind of luck also comes from your weirdness. But it is not only about seeing opportunities that no one else sees. It is about manifesting inspiration that no one else can manifest. No one else is weird enough.
8/ You can exploit luck as a maker. But if you want to exploit luck like a boss, you need to do it as an entrepreneur. Which means automating the exploitation of luck. There are 4 ways:
9/ Build a team that exploits your luck. The prototype is you as maker. When you start making money, train people to replace yourself, so more makers can make money and you make money while you sleep.
10/ Use technology to exploit luck. Technology itself can be part of the manifestation of inspiration. Or it could make the manual bigger and faster.
11/ Create content to exploit luck. Content can be the product itself and it could be a way to automate the selling of the product.
12/ Use money to exploit luck. If you have it or when you have it, you can use money instead of time to have more of the 3 above. Unlike time, you can always make more money.
13/ Good luck!
