Naval Ravikant asserts that there are four types of luck.
You experience “dumb luck” or “blind luck” when you are fortunate because of something completely out of your control.
Then there is the luck that you achieve through persistence. You’ll stumble into it if you’re always hustling, shaking things up, and creating opportunities for yourself. Fortune favors the brave, as the saying goes.
A third type of luck involves becoming very good at spotting it. When a lucky break occurs in a field in which you are highly skilled, you will be the one to notice while others who are not tuned in don’t. So you become more sensitive to luck if you have a prepared mind.
The most powerful luck is what Ravikant refers to as “luck that finds you.” You build your character and your reputation in such a way that opportunities come to you. You’re able to take advantage of situations that others might consider lucky, but you know it wasn’t.
It eventually starts becoming so predetermined that it stops being luck. Your character becomes your destiny. Luck becomes destiny. I like the sound of that.