Lucky?

 

People talk about luck as if it is some magical property.

I think people make their own luck.

Honest self evaluation can almost always come up with a reason why something succeeded or failed.

Attention to detail.

Perseverance.

Even a positive attitude can eliminate failure or create success by keeping the focus on what is happening in the moment and not letting the mind wander off into what ifs or could be.

If the skills are perfected and the materials are correctly used by knowledge and perseverance then success is often just a matter of time. It is important to want something badly enough without letting that wanting get in the way of clear thinking and correct action.

Most bad luck is due to negligence of some sort. It may not be intentional and it doesn't make someone a bad person, but it is still a factor.

People don't like to take responsibility for their mistakes and some people are afraid to claim responsibility for their successes, but that doesn't make these things a random result of luck.

Whenever I am tempted to claim good or bad luck I try to step back and honestly evaluate exactly what happened and why. So far, most of the evidence points to hard and fast facts.

Not luck.