Rick Rubin talks about inspiration like a line cast out to the universe. You don't get to choose when it hits. You just have to already be out there, line in the water, when it does.

That's the part of luck nobody wants to hear. It's not something that finds you on the couch. It finds you mid cast. Already working. Already showing up for the thing, long before there was any proof it would pay off.

I don't think luck is random the way we like to pretend it is. I think it's mostly access. The people who seem to get lucky are usually just the ones who were already in motion when the moment arrived, already building, already making, already putting something into the world for luck to actually land on. Stand still and there's nothing for it to strike.

That's why waiting until you're ready never works. Luck doesn't wait for ready. It passes right over anyone who's still preparing and lands on whoever's already moving, imperfect, unfinished, in it.

Rubin talks about riding the wave once it arrives, taking full advantage while it's there. But you can't ride a wave you never paddled out for. The access only exists because you were already in the water.

I think that's the real difference between people who call themselves lucky and people who actually are. Luck isn't a mindset. It's a byproduct of motion.

Keep moving. Luck was never going to find you standing still. 

Ready?

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