Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. And today is your lucky day, because today's

episode is all about how to be luckier. It's a secret? Well, it turns out you make your own luck.

Let's talk about how you can do it. On our fifth wedding anniversary, my husband and I took a trip to

Napa Valley, California.

We were attending this big event that was being hosted by our favorite winery out there.

There were tons of people there.

And as we schmoozed our way around, we quickly came to realize that we may have been the only ones who had traveled across the country to be there.

And we had shared

this fact with the winery when we registered. Anyway, that day they held a raffle, and the grand

prize was a magnum bottle of a high-end wine signed by the winemaker herself. It was pretty coveted,

and out of hundreds of entries, my husband and I won the bottle. We felt so

lucky. Only years later, did I come to realize that raffle was definitely rigged. I just know it,

in my bones. They were never going to randomly pull a ticket from the hat. No, they were going to

reward someone for putting in the effort to be there.

It just so happened to be us. Do I believe in random good luck? I do. But most of the time,

I think luck is not a thing that happens to us. It's a thing we make happen actively. So if you're

ready to lean in to being one of the lucky ones, then let's get you off

the sideline and onto the field. What are the luckiest people do, not just at events centered

around adult beverages, but in their professional lives. Well, here goes. First, they say yes to more

things. There is so much focus today on maintaining boundaries and protecting

your time and being better at saying no. And these things do serve us to a point, but they can

also limit our exposure to new things. Say no to the things you already know you don't enjoy,

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