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Read about the four kinds of luck. And how to become 'more lucky'.

Luck #1: Pure stochastic luck. Roll of a dice.

Luck #2: Doing enough things that you get lucky. If you don't try, your chance of doing something = 0. If you try 10 things, it's non-zero.

Luck #3: Doing enough things, plus a prepared mind. You had the right background to recognise when luck knocked on your door, and seized it.

Luck #4: The things you did in the past, gave you an angle of attack that no one else saw or thought possible. You did these things, but then seemed lucky.

Now you could say the Paypal guys were lucky to do Paypal, or the Youtube guys were lucky to do Youtube.

But do you then attribute the Paypal mafia, and the Youtube mafia's further successes also to luck?

Go make your own luck!

Ref: http://pmarchive.com/luck_and_the_entrepreneur.html