Does luck exist, are some luckier than others or is good fortune and positive results generated through more tangible means?
The last time I took a flight for work I got lucky...I don't mean with a sexy airline hostess (or do I?).
Ok, so I don't mean that at all, I mean I got lucky as I had no one sitting next to me on the flight, both ways! An amazing stroke of luck, good fortune or did I manifest that scenario in some way? I've no clue, but I was grateful for the room and managed to have a more pleasant flight because of it.
Thinking about luck
I guess I don't think about it all that much but now and then will ponder what it actually is and how much of a part lack, or chance, plays in one's life.
I've been called lucky in the past for various reasons and in some of those cases maybe it was indeed luck, or fate or destiny...or maybe, and I'm just putting this out there, it was just hard work, effort, ownership, consistency, determination, responsibility and other such elements that brought whatever positive results to pass and lot blind luck at all.
I'm alluding to the fact that a person can actually create their own positive results (and should) and that relying on luck might be placing one's hope in something that is somewhat dubious as far as reliability goes; luck may strike or it may not, where positive action places one better to achieve the desired result. I've worked hard for the successes I've had, set goals, made plans to attain them, rolled up my sleeves and got to work on those plans and luck didn't play any part at all in the results I've achieve...I mean generally speaking of course because luck and chance certainly does play a role on some occasions.
I don't think a person should put their desired outcomes in lucks hands, it's too risky, too hit and miss, and a person is better off to actively work towards the outcomes they desire; in that way one can apply more control, steer the ship so to speak, rather than simply be a passenger.
Are you lucky
I wonder what part luck has played in your life and whether you credit luck for your successes or if you've applied the elements I mention above towards the attainment of your positive results. I don't just mean in business here, or getting a good seat on a plane, your job or professional life, but in any aspect at all.
Has your physical wellbeing, strength of relationships, success in sporting or academic endeavours or other aspects of your life that have worked out well been because of luck, fate, destiny or chance...or have you actively sought success and worked towards it. And what about the bad things that have occurred...are they just bad luck or has your lack of effort caused things to go badly?
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