Success is a Numbers Game: How to Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds (feat. Kyle Austin Young)
Chasing a big goal and wondering how to tilt the odds in your favor? Today’s guest, Kyle Austin Young, will show you how to shift probability so you win more often. While you cannot control everything, he believes you can improve those odds by becoming the person who can succeed.
Kyle Austin Young is an award-winning strategy consultant and a writer for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Psychology Today. His new book, SUCCESS IS A NUMBERS GAME: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds breaks down a clear system he calls probability hacking. This work has given him the opportunity to develop and refine a powerful system for accomplishing big, meaningful goals that focuses on understanding and changing your odds of success.
Kyle says that every goal carries two quiet numbers, the chance you succeed and the chance you fail. Stay with us to hear practical tactics, story-driven lessons, and memorable examples from history. You will leave with simple steps you can use to win the game of life.
Interview timestamps:
[00:02:38] What probability hacking means, and how to stack outcomes in your favor
[00:03:27] Kyle shares his background and where his probability framework came from
[00:05:48] Why odds should guide choices, not just wants or willpower
[00:07:20] The success diagram explained, plus how to compute odds with it
[00:11:05] Why your odds are flexible, and how you can shift them
[00:15:02] The art of “selling life” by removing objections before they arise
[00:17:25] The upside of “thinking negative” when stress-testing plans and bets
[00:17:47] How to use your natural strengths and real edges to win
[00:23:13] Why compounding after wins multiplies gains and confidence
[00:24:10] How to play the odds with many attempts, given your time horizon
[00:25:49] Applying probability hacking to dating and finding a great match
[00:27:05] Spot blind spots early, then upgrade decisions with simple checks
[00:29:18] How intuition shapes your odds, and ways to train your gut
[00:31:30] The power of resilience, and setting goals you can sustain
