Lucky !?

What If Luck Was Just Alignment in Motion?

People often tell me, “You’re so lucky!” And sometimes, I smile and think to myself: “Or maybe I was just ready.”

Luck, in most people’s minds, is that little sprinkle of magic — the invisible factor that makes things “work out” for some and not for others. But the more I observe life, the more I see that luck is rarely random.It’s the subtle meeting point between the right what, the right when, and the right how.

In other words, luck is a form of alignment — between what we want, how we feel, and what we do.

The “right what”

Knowing what you truly want. Or at least, what you no longer want. It’s not always clear at first — we stumble, explore, make mistakes, and refine along the way. But when we start listening to ourselves again, when we stop chasing what’s expected of us, something shifts. Choices become clearer. Opportunities make more sense. It’s as if life starts responding differently when our intentions come from the right place.

The “right when”

There are moments when we try to force things to happen. And others when everything seems to fall effortlessly into place. Over time, I’ve learned that luck doesn’t like to be rushed.It loves inner readiness — that quiet space inside where we’re open to what’s coming, even when it’s not what we had planned. It’s often when we loosen our grip that life finds its rhythm.

The “right how”

And then comes the how. The posture. The way we move through the world. We can wish, wait, hope… but without movement, nothing happens.Luck loves action — but not just any kind. It loves action that comes from the heart, from curiosity, from trust. Not from “I have to”, but from “I’m going.”

What Philippe Gabilliet taught me

During my years at ESCP Business School, I had the privilege of learning from Philippe Gabilliet, a French professor and author of “The Praise of Luck.”He was the one who helped me understand that luck isn’t what happens to us — it’s what we make possible. He often said:

“Lucky people are not those to whom things happen, but those who know what to do with what happens to them.”

That sentence has stayed with me ever since. Because it puts responsibility — and power — back where it belongs: not in randomness, but in awareness.

So maybe luck is simply this

Not a miracle reserved for a few.But a state of being. An inner disposition. A way of showing up in life — present, curious, aligned, and in motion.

So yes, maybe I am lucky. But mostly, I’ve learned to notice luck when it shows up, to create it when I can, and to be grateful for it when it does.

A little reminder

“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” — Philippe Gabilliet

And maybe, in the end, being lucky simply means being ready to receive what you’ve already sown.