I saw a TV version of this article quite a while ago, and like JacobAldridge I have used it a number of times in conversations about luck. It certainly makes s

I saw a TV version of this article quite a while ago, and like JacobAldridge I have used it a number of times in conversations about luck. It certainly makes sense to me. You make your own luck by being more aware of things going on around you, so that you can spot opportunities that others might miss. Observing my own life, I feel that a lot of my "luck" has come from an ability to leap onto opportunities that others might have hesitated about for months - this despite the fact that I have a natural tendency to delay and be extremely conservative. So my view is, if I can overcome this risk-averseness and take on opportunities that I'd normally be scared of, surely others can too. It's extremely hard to convince self-styled unlucky people of this, though. Perhaps I'm just bad at persuading them.