Quote · The Mel Robbins Podcast
Create a Happier Version of Yourself: Redirect Your Energy for Positive Thinking
Where this was said
The Science of Luck and Saying Yes to Everything
At 37:06 · chapter starts 36:00
Oakley's January reset was comprehensive: he rejoined the Frisbee team, went to every party, texted acquaintances he had previously been too proud to pursue, got lunch with strangers, and kept repeating the pattern even when early interactions were awkward. Mel connects this to Stanford professor Tina Seelig's research [1] — Mel Robbins "Stanford science of luck research: Stanford professor Tina Seelig's research shows that lucky people intentionally put themselves in the cu…" 37:01 : lucky people are not just fortunate — they engineer their luck by intentionally placing themselves in situations where desired collisions can happen. The more people you say hello to, the more lunches you schedule, the more rooms you walk into with an open attitude, the greater your statistical chance of finding the people and opportunities you are looking for. Oakley's accumulation of small yeses — each individually awkward — eventually produced close friendships and a genuine love of college.
Stanford professor Tina Seelig's research shows that lucky people intentionally put themselves in the current of what they want by taking small actions to collide with opportunity.
Stanford professor Tina Seelig's research demolishes the idea that luck is random. Lucky people intentionally put themselves in the current of what they want — they say yes, they show up, they reach out first. Oakley proved this by texting the mutuals he'd been too proud to contact, and it changed everything.
