Luck is Growth
Stumbling on this piece on Luck and Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth recently, I was struck by some parallels:
(Wiseman on Luck) Unlucky people tend to be creatures of routine. They tend to take the same route to and from work and talk to the same types of people at parties. In contrast, many lucky people try to introduce variety into their lives.
(Mau) You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.
(Wiseman) Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and as a result miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. (Full)
(Mau) …Real growth often happens outside of where we intend it to, in the interstitial spaces – what Dr. Seuss calls “the waiting place.”(Full)
Sounds a bit like a Yes Man theory, but I have to agree with the thinking.
HER NATURE HIS NURTURE 