Luck comes in combination with practice and goal setting. With that discipline in place, luck can play a part in getting you to your desired destination.

Ethan Hawke’s new docuseries (HBO) about Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward is one of my favorite viewings this weekend. I’ve been meaning to watch it, and I finally finished it. Part 6 of the series is called “Luck is an Art.” The title is Paul Newman’s description of his own life.

Though the docuseries is where these thoughts originate from, luck has been something I’ve experienced this past year. I want to reflect on it more going forward.

Becoming a Lucky Person

Yes, it’s possible to become a lucky person. You want it, it arrives. You wish for it, and suddenly the tools are right before you. You randomly meet someone that knows exactly the person you were looking for. Luck might not be the word used every time, but it feels like you’re a lucky person.

It’s a mindset, and the majority of it is about having good expectations. Expectations can be a disappointment because they’re almost always never met - especially if originally we were super excited or hopeful. I have found that if I generally have great expectations of life, it ends up happening that way. But what if these expectations fail? Then my focus is onward - I say to myself, “something good will come of it.”

It all becomes a positive loop cycle: you expect good, you put in the work, the outcome is as expected or close. The belief that you’re lucky drives you to put in some level of work, which then comes to fruition.

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