This post follows on from yesterday’s musing on luck.
Whenever we have a moment of “success”, we should ask ourselves: what percentage of the outcome was due to luck?
The hard part is not inflating our contribution, because there’s always luck involved.
The probability of repeated success increases when we’re able to determine what was lucky, and what was a direct cause of our actions.
It helps us do more of what worked, less of what didn’t, and the perspective to be humble when luck goes our way, and resilient when it doesn’t.