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> naturally having cool things come your way as a payoff You made a bunch of typos in "tremendous amount of luck" :)

• imron 9y ago
  Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
  • rusk 9y ago
    This sounds like an "operational" definition. A popular alternative is that luck is opportunity.
    • eddiecalzone 9y ago
      Chance favors the prepared mind.
      • rusk 9y ago
        I love these aphorisms - but strictly speaking chance doesn't favour anything. Things just happen. With preparation you can set yourself to better exploit your luck and circumstances, you can even do things to increase the possibility of good fortune coming your way. But believing you will be lucky if you do the right things is little different from cargo cult philosophy - and is a footnote to the gamblers fallacy.
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    • imron 9y ago
      And many opportunities only arise after years of hard work in a given area.
  • j_s 9y ago
    Jason Roberts of TechZing coined the phrase "luck surface area".
    • ChuckMcM 9y ago
      Oh I love that. If you want to be successful you really want to maximize your luck surface area.