Luck is not a Factor

While I firmly believe that one helps &#x27;make their own luck&#x27;, saying that chance&#x2F;luck&#x2F;fate&#x2F;what-have-you plays <i>no</i> role is silly at best.<p>At worst, it tends to convince &#x27;winners&#x27; that they had almost everything to do with their victories, and correspondingly that the &#x27;losers&#x27; also bear almost all of the blame for their defeats. It&#x27;s easy to say that someone should have simply worked harder when you didn&#x27;t notice that they had to work hard simply to escape the grasp of bad luck and circumstance to limp to the starting line...

So the OP says that a lot of little experiences add up to being able to divine the tiger in the brush.<p>My question is, how do you get that sixth sense? As far as I can tell, there&#x27;s no shortcut. You have to do a lot of things, and see a lot of different scenarios, and get burned along the way. The only one I can think of is to talk in confidence with people more experienced than you in a particular arena as scenarios arise.<p>Has anyone else found another way to build or harness a sixth sense that the OP is talking about?

&quot;The more you know, the more luck you have.&quot;<p><a href="http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/14/luck/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;quoteinvestigator.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;07&#x2F;14&#x2F;luck&#x2F;</a>

Luck is not a factor.. except when it comes to getting hired by your dream company, getting venture capital, getting acquired, and getting a hot girl to say &quot;Yes&quot;.

I loved the storytelling, but I won&#x27;t comment to avoid spoilers! well done sir

I really want to read Rodney&#x27;s blog post.

You have two options: You can either believe in Luck, or in Faith. Choose your poison.