When was the last time you heard some super-successful entrepreneur say ”I owe it all to luck!” I’m going to guess maybe never.

And yet, our lives are often filled with chance occurrences, fortuitous encounters, or unlucky twists of fate that heavily influence success or failure. This is not to denigrate the role of knowledge, experience, courage, and skill. Being lucky usually won’t bring success if you don’t have the other prerequisites. But the opposite is true more often than we think – lots of people may hold the prerequisites, but good fortune often chooses the winners.

Let me offer an example from my own life. Continue reading →