1-2-3 Inner Game
- Dhiren P. Harchandani
- 1 day ago
- 3 min read
A 5-minute weekly reset for founders and leaders
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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about luck.
Not the lottery kind. Not the “right place, right time” fairy dust.
But the kind where certain people just seem to keep winning.
The same founders get the best deals. The same operators meet the right partners. The same leaders somehow “stumble into” opportunity… again and again.
At first it looks random.
But if you watch closely, it’s not luck.
It’s engineered.
After years of building businesses, coaching entrepreneurs, and honestly just observing life… I’ve started to see that there aren’t one or two types of luck.
There are four.
And only one of them is actually random.
The other three? You can design them.
1. Dumb luck (a.k.a. lottery luck)
Something random happens.
Right place. Right time.
You didn’t do anything.
The universe just sneezed, and money landed on you.
Nice when it happens.
Terrible strategy.
2. Motion luck
Fortune favors the brave.
You’re making things happen.
Calling.
Building.
Launching.
Meeting people.
When you create a lot of motion, you create a lot of surface area.
More shots = more “luck.”
From the outside it looks lucky.
From the inside it looks like hustle.
3. Skill luck
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Now you’re not just busy, you’re good.
You’ve stacked reps.
You see patterns others miss.
Opportunities walk past everyone…
…but you spot them and grab them.
It’s not luck.
It’s taste + skill.
4. Identity luck (the rare one)
This is the cheat code.
You build such a unique character, brand, and reputation…
that luck starts chasing you.
People send you deals.
Intros show up.
Doors open before you knock.
You don’t find opportunities.
Opportunities find you.
Because of who you are, not just what you do.
Most people pray for luck.
Entrepreneurs manufacture it.
Level 1: wait.
Level 2: move.
Level 3: master.
Level 4: become.
That’s the game.
🧠 1 Insight
Most leaders think they’re short on time.
They’re not.
They’re short on attention.
Busyness often isn’t a workload problem.
It’s a presence problem.
When attention is fragmented, conversations take longer, decisions wobble, and small issues grow into unnecessary friction. When attention is whole, things move with less effort.
Presence is the hidden multiplier.
Give it fully, and everything else needs less pushing.
If you’re an entrepreneur, or know one who would benefit from creating clarity, aligning their team, building momentum, and growing their business with the Bloom Growth system, I’d love to connect.
What pulls your attention away most often?
📱 Notifications
🧠 Mental overload
📅 Back-to-back meetings
🔄 Multitasking habit
🪞 2 Reflections
Sit with these honestly:
Where am I physically present but mentally elsewhere?
Which conversation this week deserves my full, undivided attention?
(No optimizing. Just awareness.)
🧭 3 Moves to Practice This Week
Use these to reclaim attention without adding effort:
Single-task one conversation a day. No phone. No multitasking. Just listen until the other person finishes completely.
Create a hard stop for inputs. Pick one daily window where email, Slack, and notifications are off. Protect it.
End meetings with a clarity check. Ask: “What did we actually decide?”
Presence turns talk into outcomes.
Attention is the rarest form of generosity.
Forward this to one leader who needs it this week.
📡 Bonus
Missed turns don’t cancel the destination.
Until next week:
Be where your feet are. Lead with attention. Let presence do the work.
— Dhiren
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