As the Chinese say: "Luck is a combination of opportunity and hard work". You can work hard, yes, but you also need to walk into an opportunity to exploit your

As the Chinese say: "Luck is a combination of opportunity and hard work". You can work hard, yes, but you also need to walk into an opportunity to exploit your hard work, for ultimate success. Developing skills to see a better opportunity matters. Some people just grind away at it without thinking, and some pause and re-evaluate. Think more, work less. Don't be a dumb work ant. In programming, I found that when I was younger, I did that a lot. I kept coding and rewriting. Now that I am older, I think for days before I start something, and it usually results in less starting from scratch. I try to play things out, visualize, etc. The code does not just work the first time because I am "lucky".