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COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: What We Talk about When We Talk about Luck
1 | Best in Show: Why Lucky Timing Is out of Our Hands
The Bigger Takeaway: Our Brains Are Lazy
Can You Plan to Compete Last?
Notes for Those Who Want to Use the Fine Art of Timing to Get Lucky
2 | The Charlie Brewer Principle: How That Warm, Fuzzy Feeling Leads to Luck
Those Marbles! That Scale! And How They Influence Your Luck
The Greatest Networking News for Introverts in History
Getting to Know You
Sometimes, It’s out of Your Hands
We Do What Feels Right (Not What Is Right)
Notes for Those Who Want to Be Like Charlie
3 | Bitches in Glasses: The Occasionally Unlucky Side of Intuition
Your Face: Secret Weapon or Achilles’ Heel? (Neither, It’s Not up to You)
The Things You Learn from a Face
How to Nail the First Impression (or Blow It. Honestly, There Are No Rules)
Some Faces Mean Business
Notes for Those of Us Who Have a Face
4 | How Sarah Palin Happened: The Infinite Luck of Being Beautiful
Hot or Not?
The Social Benefits of Beauty: How the Pretty Get Luckier
Life Is Easier in the Beauty Bubble
But Wait, There’s More! (Status)
Rose-Colored Glasses: Good for All, Easier for Some
Notes for Those of Us Whose Invitations to Appear on the Cover of Vanity Fair Have Clearly Gotten Lost in the Mail
5 | I Got This: The Lucky Art of Confidence and Approaching Rewards
This Is Your Brain on Confidence
It’s Good to Be King
This Is Your Brain on Winning22
The Shape Game: When Things Go to Hell
This Is the Shape Game in Real Life
To Get Lucky, Fake It Until You Make It
Redefining Merit
To Get Lucky, Ignore the Haters
Notes for Those of Us Interested in Approaching Rewards
6 | Find Your Thing: Why Gold Medals Require Luck
First, You Need a Lucky Pair of Genes
Why 10,000 Hours May Never Be Enough
Second, Have the Resources to Develop Your Genes
How You Can Learn to Have Lucky Genes
Experts Are Lucky Enough to Be Mentally Tough
Notes for Those of Us Who Would Enjoy Kicking Ass Just Once in Our Lives
7 | Check Yourself Prior to Wrecking Yourself: How Self-Control Leads to Lucky Outcomes
Self-Discipline Is More than Wind in Your Sails: It’s the Sail Itself
If Champagne Comes from France, Where Does Self-Control Come From?
Self-Improvement Is Always Hard
What Others Really Witness When They Witness Our Fitness
Self-Regulation Is That One Neat Trick, and It Has a Few Neat Tricks of Its Own
Notes for Those of Us Who Want to Get Our Shit Together
8 | You Had Me at Hello: The Lucky Art of Conquering the Interpersonal Frontier
We Need People for Life (and Luck)
How We Can Talk Our Way Out of Luck
To Get Lucky, Pay Attention
To Get Lucky, Make Others Feel Good
To Make Others Feel Good, Be Enthusiastic
Be Enthusiastic about New People
To Get Lucky, Keep Diverse Connections
Notes for Those Who Would Fancy Being Propped Up by Seven Billion Friends
9 | My Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades: The Luck-enhancing Mind-set of Embracing Your Inner Kanye West
If You Want People to Invest in You, You Have to Believe in Yourself
Leveling Up Requires the Resources to Get There
To Be Lucky, Be the Next Big Thing
To Get Lucky, Invest in Yourself
Notes for Those of Us Who Want to Level Up
10 | Yes, and: Curiosity, Flexibility, Open-Mindedness, and the Law of Increasing the Surface Area of Your Luck1
How the Curious Get Luckier
Life: A Game of Choose Your Own Adventure
Curiosity→Flexibility and Open-Mindedness
Pack Light
Everything You Think You Know
Exploit but Don’t Stop Exploring
Stay Hungry; Stay Humble (Trust Me, I Didn’t See This Coming)
Notes for Those of Us Who Might Enjoy Meeting Luck Where It Happens
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
INDEX
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