This reminds me of a topic the guys from the TechZing podcast talk about pretty frequently, increasing your luck surface area. Jason Roberts has a short post about it on his blog that sums it up pretty well (http://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surf...). This concept has resonated with me and for the past couple of months, I've started to do things with the hopes of increasing my luck surface area.