3. Stay on the Path.

Staying on the path does not mean that you have to hang on stubbornly to a particular strategy or perspective. In fact, people who succeed will find a different approach when they hit the wall. Success depends on trying paths that do not bring results and creating other paths that do. The key is to keep finding a way to your vision, even if it means abandoning a course of action that does not work. Jaffe refers to luck builders as “expert lemonade makers. They spend little time, perhaps only minutes, being angry. Instead, they get right to work making luck out of any change in plans—even telling themselves that perhaps this is what God had intended all along.”

4. Give through gratitude, forgiveness, kindness.

In order to receive, you must first give. An attitude that serves the interest of others will bring the greatest returns. This is known as the “boomerang” effect. Being grateful for what you have, forgiving those who have either knowingly or unknowingly offended you and giving yourself to help others are all ways by which you open your heart and mind to receive the blessings of the Universe.

5. Be patient.

Thomas Edison once confided to a friend the difficulties he had working on his invention—an early version of the stock-market ticker. He wrote: ”I’ll never give up, for I may have a streak of luck before I die.” This willingness to work and wait for the lucky streak is the patience that will bear fruit. If success depends on persistence and right timing, then patience is an indispensable factor in luck.

I ask my friend if he considers himself lucky. This is what he says: I’ve always felt lucky. Even when things don’t turn out well, I look around the corner and wait. Something good always shows up!”

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