Table of Contents
Preface 1
Part 1 Understanding Luck 7
Chapter 1 Prepare to Be Lucky 9
Chapter 2 Some People Have All the Luck-And You Can Be One of Them 19
Chapter 3 Pick the Statistic You Want to Be 33
Part 2 How to Get Lucky 51
Chapter 4 Skate to Where the Puck Will Be 53
Chapter 5 Connect to the Power of Other People 67
Chapter 6 Zig When Others Zag 87
Chapter 7 The Power of Persistence and Passion 103
Chapter 8 How Many Eggs in Your Basket? (And How Many Baskets?) 131
Chapter 9 The Lucky Break That Really Counts 149
Part 3 Targeted Luck 169
Chapter 10 How to Get a Job at Goldman Sachs (Or Anywhere You Want) 171
Chapter 11 Get Lucky in Love 193
Chapter 12 Make Lucky Kids 213
Part 4 The Other Side of Luck 229
Chapter 13 Bad Luck: Why Your Worst Moment Can Be Your Luckiest 231
Chapter 14 The Ambulance in Your Backyard 249
Chapter 15 How to Get Lucky in a Disaster (Natural or Otherwise) 271
Part 5 The Big Picture 291
Chapter 16 The Lucky Path: Find Your Compass 293
Chapter 17 The Lucky Attitude: Believe That You Can Make Luck 313
Acknowledgments 329
Notes 331