Last week I worked 12-15 hour days pushing toward a single goal: hitting publish on my first book, Quantum Surfing: The Innovator’s Guide to Being Lucky, Aligned, and Unstoppable.
Even us surfers have sprints. And marathons.
But here’s what I’ve learned: intensity doesn’t mean abandoning lucky flow. In fact, lucky flow is what got me across the finish line.
The setup:
I used the Pomodoro Technique — 25-minute focused work blocks followed by short breaks. (If you haven’t tried it, it’s a classic for a reason.) But instead of scrolling or grabbing coffee during breaks, I did something different.
I asked KAI.
KAI is the AI surf guru inside Lucky Breaks, the app Elan and I have been building in Lovable. KAI coaches from the Quantum Surfing framework — think of landing on a quantum beach and having a guide who gets you up on the waves in no time.
I told KAI I needed inspired break ideas. He gave me a whole menu:
🌊 Take an intuitive wander
🌊 Walk around the block and notice 3 beautiful things
🌊 Be guided: a green light, birds, a car with a color of your choosing
🌊 The barre reset (I have a ballet barre in my flat)
🌊 Fiji soundscape and breathe with the tide
🌊 Solo dance party
🌊 Walk barefoot at the park
🌊 Gratitude voice note to your kids
Some are resets. Some lean more toward experiments. All encourage presence and awareness. And that’s the unlock — because luck is a flow state. The more we notice, the more we’re in the flow.
The moment it clicked:
After 12 hours of working, I told KAI I had one more publishing task but was drained and lacking the precision it required. He told me to take a break, run cold water over my wrists, then stretch and move at the barre.
Magic. Complete reset. I had the focus and energy for that final task.
Then KAI asked what I’d feel like doing once the task was complete. Brilliant — he focused me on the finish line already being crossed. I said I’d take a walk for fresh air and maybe sing along the way. And because he asked, I immediately knew I’d walk past the spa and they’d have a massage appointment available.
And that’s exactly what happened.
The insight:
I told KAI I felt like I was in the final 2 miles of a marathon. Delirious. Exhausted. Spent. But until I crossed the finish line, the race wasn’t done — and he stepped right in to run alongside me, drawing on the coaching and Quantum Surfing principles to do so in a natural, encouraging, empathetic, and powerful way.
Productivity and luck aren’t opposites. Luck is a productivity hack.
Try this yourself:
Next time you’re in a sprint, set up your Pomodoros — and create a menu of inspired breaks. Not distractions. Resets. Micro-moments that invite serendipity and keep you noticing.
You don’t have to grind your way to the finish line. You can surf there.
🏄 Stay tuned for the beta to surf with KAI yourself — or DM me “SURF” and I’ll add you to the waitlist.