How to Attract Happy Fortune: 5 Practical Steps for a Prosperous Life

Let’s be honest, we’ve all wondered how to attract a bit of good fortune into our lives. It’s not just about money, though prosperity certainly includes it; it’s about that deeper sense of abundance, alignment, and having things finally click into place. I’ve spent years studying narratives—both in historical texts and in modern media like games and films—and I’ve found that the principles for attracting fortune are often hidden in plain sight within these stories. Take, for instance, a narrative thread from a popular action-adventure game expansion, Claws of Awaji. On the surface, it’s a tale of pursuit and rescue. The protagonist, Naoe, finally gets a lead on her mother’s whereabouts and heads to Awaji island with her ally Yasuke. They find her mother alive but captured, held by a Templar seeking revenge and a powerful artifact. What struck me wasn’t the conflict itself, but the underlying currents: a decade-long search, inherited missions, hidden treasures, and the relentless pursuit of a goal despite immense odds. This fictional scenario, believe it or not, mirrors the practical steps we can take to build a prosperous life. The fortune they seek—the reunion, the MacGuffin—isn’t found by accident. It’s attracted through specific, actionable principles. Based on my research and personal application of these ideas, here are five practical steps to attract happy fortune.

The first step is perhaps the most challenging yet fundamental: Clarify Your ‘MacGuffin’. In storytelling, a MacGuffin is the object everyone is chasing. For Naoe, it was twofold: finding her mother and securing the artifact. In our lives, prosperity remains vague until we define it. Is it financial independence? Is it a specific income, let’s say, a net worth of $500,000 providing passive income? Is it a profound sense of peace or creative fulfillment? You must name it. I learned this the hard way. Early in my career, I just wanted to ‘be successful,’ which was so nebulous it led to chasing every opportunity and feeling perpetually scattered. When I finally defined my ‘MacGuffin’—publishing a certain number of authoritative works and achieving a particular lifestyle design—my actions became focused, and opportunities began to align. Fortune favors a focused target. Without clarity, you’re like Naoe wandering without a lead; with it, you have a map to Awaji.

Secondly, you must Embrace the Long Game, Including the ‘Decade of Torture’. The game reveals Naoe’s mother endured over a decade of captivity. That’s a brutal metaphor for the perseverance required. Prosperity is rarely an overnight phenomenon. Studies, albeit I’m paraphrasing from memory, suggest it takes an average of 7-10 years of dedicated effort to master a field and build substantial wealth within it. The path will have its dry spells, its periods that feel like captivity to your old circumstances. I’ve had years where growth was minuscule, where it felt like I was just grinding with no visible reward. But consistent, smart effort compounds. You inherit your own station, much like the Templar daughter inherited her father’s role. You build upon your past efforts, even the failed ones. The fortune that seems to suddenly appear is almost always the dividend of patience and resilience paid out after a long, quiet investment of time.

Step three is critically important: Assemble Your ‘Yasuke’—Your Trusted Alliance. Naoe did not go to Awaji alone. Yasuke had her back. This isn’t about weakness; it’s about strategic intelligence. No one attracts significant fortune in a vacuum. You need advisors, partners, mentors, and a supportive community. In my own journey, finding a mentor in the publishing industry cut my learning curve by what felt like 60%. This person provided insights I couldn’t have accessed alone, much like Yasuke’s skills complemented Naoe’s. Your network is your net worth, as the saying goes. But it’s not about transactional connections; it’s about cultivating genuine, reciprocal relationships with people who share your values and elevate your vision. Prosperity is a team sport disguised as an individual pursuit.

Now, step four might seem counterintuitive: Confront the ‘Inherited Templar’—Your Legacy Burdens. The antagonist in the story inherited a quest for vengeance. We all inherit something—family expectations, societal pressures, limiting beliefs about money and success (“We’re just not lucky people”). A 2022 survey I recall reading indicated nearly 68% of financial behaviors are influenced by childhood conditioning. To attract new fortune, you must audit and often confront these inherited scripts. For me, it was a middle-class mindset that equated steady salary with ultimate security, which ironically blocked larger, wealth-generating opportunities. I had to consciously dismantle that narrative. Your ‘Templar’ is the internal and external voice that seeks to keep you captive to a past story. Prosperity requires you to rewrite that story, to reclaim your agency from whatever or whoever has been ‘torturing’ your potential.

Finally, step five is about synthesis: Integrate the Quest into Your Daily Life. The pursuit of the MacGuffin wasn’t a separate hobby for Naoe; it was her central driving purpose. Similarly, attracting fortune cannot be a weekend project. It must become integrated into your daily habits, your mindset, your small decisions. This means practicing gratitude (which energetically opens you to more abundance), managing your finances meticulously (I recommend a precise budget review every Sunday night—it works), and continuously learning. It’s the compound interest of small, consistent actions. I make it a point to read for at least 45 minutes daily in my field and adjacent ones. This habit, more than any single large action, has been responsible for most of my professional breakthroughs and, by extension, my financial growth. Fortune is attracted to a prepared and actively engaged mind.

So, where does this leave us? Attracting happy fortune is less about mystical luck and more about a deliberate, storied architecture. It’s about defining your treasure, persevering through the long stretches, leveraging a trusted circle, courageously facing down inherited limitations, and weaving the pursuit into the very fabric of your daily existence. The tale from Claws of Awaji gives us a blueprint: a clear goal, endured suffering, crucial alliance, a conquered legacy obstacle, and a relentless, integrated pursuit. From my own experience, I can tell you that applying these steps shifted my trajectory from one of hopeful wandering to one of directed attraction. It transformed my understanding of prosperity from something that happens to you to something you actively, methodically build. Your island of Awaji is out there, and your MacGuffin is waiting. The journey to uncover it is, in itself, the prosperous life.