How do you make your own luck?

Thanks for pointing out concrete examples. For equating luck with the number of people you know, or your network, that shape your own life. I guess good things do happen to you when you're surrounded by people that makes things happen. Or at least have the opportunities for luck just because some others have the means for whatever it is you want in life.

It is my pleasure to have been able to provide you with a deeper insight into your quest for knowledge. By the By, it is why "Network Marketers" make so much money, they spend a lot of time and money building their web, and then providing people they know with a service or product they can not get anywhere else, great idea, in my humble opinion. Cheers.

Hello chrislotz. I think you broke it down accurately. Luck by definition, would be something we don't have control of. And it may or may not happen to both prepared or unprepared person. Thanks for dropping by.

Thanks derek. I think you've put in the most sensible response so far. And being a therapist and counsellor I would like to put stock on what you wrote down. Specially knowing that you've dealt with a number of people/clients.

Haha! So I guess for you maezee, it's just a matter of perception. Although you may think that you're life is boring, and without any 'lucky' things happening, you are actually already 'working' on making your luck happen with the jobs, health, etc. But I know what you're feeling. Maybe just one time, it would be nice to have one fortunate thing happen to us. Maybe win the lottery or something.

How I wish it could be that way for me. And it would be that easy to teach myself to have only positive things within me. So that I could attribute it to luck whenever something fortunate happens to me. It's just hard for me. Thanks.

I see what you're saying. It's more like the power of positive thinking. You visualize it in your mind, and make it happen. I guess that qualifies as making your own luck. Now, if only we could eliminate r'estricting beliefs'! Thanks for dropping by.

Believing that good luck comes from God doesn't necessarily mean that bad luck comes from God's displeasure. That's just a connotation. Bad luck doesn't necessarily mean the opposite of good luck. Believing that good luck comes from God doesn't mean that our efforts and hardwork are useless. What I meant was that we don't make our own luck. We only work hard to achieve success but if it's not your time yet to shine, no matter how hard you work, you can't have that luck you want. But it doesn't mean it's bad luck. People just consider it as bad luck but it's not. It's just not your time for luck yet. I believe that it's up to God if we deserve some luck and if it's our turn to have that. If we make our own luck, why are there so many hardworking people who are still living in poverty? Why do good people still suffer when they don't even deserve it, if we have the power to make our own luck? Only God has the power to give that luck. If we just continue to work hard with faith and hope, and it's our turn to have that luck, then that's the time we can say it's good luck. It's happened to me a lot of times that faith is the key to have that luck. Due to a lot of work at home, I would always run late whenever I would have an appointment to anyone. My husband would tell me not to go anymore because it would be a waste of time for he believed that the person who we'd meet wasn't there anymore. Nevertheless, I would still insist on going because I believe that faith is the key to good luck and that God has the power to give that. To my husband's surprise, the person to meet was still there. It happened all the time and still happens.

In addition to that, good luck comes from God. Bad luck is what people say as the opposite of good luck but it's not. Because in a lottery, to win is good luck. But if we don't win, we should not consider it as bad luck, for it'd be ridiculous for everyone to win everytime. People who won in a lottery didn't make that luck. Luck is luck, people don't make it. The bad luck that I meant was karma. If we do something bad, the result of course, would be bad, too, and that's bad luck. If we're just not as lucky as others, it's not bad luck.

I think it's unfair that we pin goodluck on God, as it is flawed that we believe bad luck would come from God's displeasure on doing bad things. I think that faith and luck are two separate things that shouldn't be mistaken for each other. But thanks for the point of view.

That seems to be the consensus among most of the responders. That hard work, and of course with some preparation, is the way to make your own luck. And you are to be commended for thinking 'life is fair'. I'm sure a lot of people would disagree to that. Maybe even me. But I am still hopefull that it will even out in the end. Thanks.

I think that is exactly 'how' we make our own luck. By working hard or laboring to make sure that things go our way. Because if we just sit tight, somebody else could take 'our' luck away from us. Thanks Prof!

I don't believe that for a minute. Maybe it is not just obvious to you now, but you are actually already sowing the seeds of your luck in the future by working hard and studying hard. Just keep at it! I'm sure you'll come to realize it one day. And you'd start to think that it wasn't as bad after all.

Hello mm_mari. Sorry this response took a while to get to you. Anyway, I guess you're right that we are the ones that decide our future, and in a sense decide (or make) our own luck. Thanks.

I think so too. Maybe we can help a little by our actions, but other than that I believe luck comes naturally, no way to create it.

That is one view. But others seem to think that by our actions, we only not help our own luck, we actually make it. Thanks for the inputs.

Maybe having a positive attitude is a way to 'make' our own luck. Like you said/wrote, it isn't easy to keep a positive attitude, maybe that's why it takes a little bit of effort. Thanks Bluedoll.

Maybe it is luck then that prompted whoever wrote that exam to chose whatever student A studied. But don't you think that if student B studied all areas that might be covered in the exam, that he was in fact making his own luck? Thanks.

Student B could kill himself studying but surely can't cover everything. And he could be that unlucky if the exam given covers those he missed. In many things that we do, the great part depend on how we do them. They greatly depend on how much effort we exerted, but not everything is within our control. We could exert our maximum effort but we could not expect the maximum result because there are factors that don't depend on our effort. And that is the factor of luck! Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that our life depends on luck. What I'm pointing out is there is a part, it could be very small but still it affects the outcome of our effort.

That's an interesting way to look at it Sarah. That although 80% of our lives are already written, we still have 20% of free will that could still be manipulated to fit our fates. I need to think about this more...

It is hard to argue with first hand experience. I know that all this talk about luck happening to everybody, is just that, just talk. Specially if you haven't really experienced something deemed as 'lucky'. I hope that before you get to the end, you get to experience a little bit of luck in your life.

I guess that's one way of looking at it. Or one way of making your own luck, by imposing your will on whatever situation you're up against. And of course when you're successful at it, then you could attribute it to luck. Thanks for your insight.

Even though you say you are not sure how you could make your own luck, I think you already do by doing everything, or at least trying to 'make influence' on whatever experience you're going through. Thanks for the response, and welcome to myLot.

I guess by looking for opportunities, or by making opportunities happen, you are actually already doing making your luck. Of course it helps if you don't ignore it, and always making the most out of it. Thanks and welcome to myLot!

Good for you!