cultivate

And that is absolutely in line with the way that cults cultivate their own followers.

Blind luck happens to us, and active luck, serendipity, can be cultivated.

Surely, there’s some additional impact of not being recognized by the master, no matter how much self-worth you cultivate along the way.

-Well he's from Scotland and he goes there and he, I think that's where he kind of cultivates his, uh, stock.