Why Some People Are Naturally Luckier

Published 2025-09-19 14-36

Summary

Your brain filters out millions of bits of info daily, but you can hack this system. Learn why some people seem naturally lucky while others miss chances.

The story

Your brain filters out most of what you experience each day. Of the millions of bits of information hitting your senses every second, you consciously process only a tiny fraction.

This isn’t a bug – it’s a feature. Your mind has to decide what deserves your attention.

Here’s what most people miss: you can influence this filtering system.

When you visualize specific outcomes, you’re essentially updating your brain’s search parameters. You start noticing opportunities that were always there but invisible to your old programming.

It’s not magic. It’s selective attention working in your favor instead of against you.

Think about it – have you ever learned a new word and then suddenly heard it everywhere? Or decided you wanted a specific car and started seeing it on every street corner?

Same principle. The opportunities were always present. The resources existed. The connections were possible. You just weren’t programmed to see them.

Most people let this happen randomly. They wonder why life feels like endless missed chances while others seem naturally lucky.

The difference? Some people learned to work with their subconscious processing power instead of fighting their own filtering system.

Your brain is already doing the heavy lifting. You just need to give it better instructions.

Chapter 6 of “The Journey” breaks down exactly how to reprogram this system and why most visualization techniques fail.

This post was inspired by Chapter 6 of my “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21” book, at
https://attilahorvath.net/the-journey.

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Keywords: Visualization, brain filtering system, natural luck psychology, opportunity recognition hacks