How you think about luck and probability can have a significant impact on your decision making whether you notice it or not. In this short episode let’s look at how our perception of luck and probability changes and how it can lead us to poor choices or long term success.

The main lesson to take away from this episode is to be aware of any time when you think ‘luck’ played a role in an event. The entrepreneur who was bought out by Google for millions wasn’t lucky - he worked hard for a decade to get to that point. The lottery winner wasn’t lucky, she just had a tiny probability of winning and somebody had to win.

The reason this is such an important shift in perception is because it affects your future. If you believe luck or fate plays a role in your future success, you’re less likely to take any actions that can improve your probability of success.

Believing in luck, fate, destiny or some sort of divine intervention is belie [...]