could you explain what is this LUCK factor in life?

Question

if it is possible explain in detail with examples, please do not answer in hurry to get two points, wait atleast for 24 hours think and answer if you find time.
I kow little about dame luck, ill luck etc but I do not belive hard work makes you lucky

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Good luck is doing everything wrong and still winning the battle.
Bad luck is doing everything right and losing.

Luck is a form of choas theory that gives life unpredictabilty. Luck is measurable. If you did the same thing 100 times, and the outcome is predominantly one outcome (say 75% one way and 25% the other way), you know exactly how likely a certain outcome will occur. So if you hit the unlikely outcome, that was lucky.

Answer 3

Luck is something we have given a name where we have been able to grab the opportunity we could not see earlier, however luck is purely a state of life where we can see the opportunities clearly enough to take advantage of. I have been lucky enough because I have identified the opportunities and have worked hard to grab them before someone else would.

So my friend there is nothing in life as Luck. It would pay for you to work hard making your life the way you want it to be rather than relying on your so called luck. So the key to success is only your own actions and nothing else.

Answer 4

Funny you should ask, the harder I work at something, the luckier I get.

If you work hard at something, you get better than the competition, and people perceive your getting chosen as luck. Instead it was your study of a subject that made you the best, not luck.

Of course there is the idiot that inherits everything, runs it stupidly and still gets more than everyone else.

Card playing has a lot of luck in it. Random cards, etc. But how you play them is up to you, and if you study cards you can play better. So, everyone says you are lucky.

Answer 5

Luck is one of two things:
1.) It's an explanation used to explain seemingly random events because the events, while following a simple causality relationship, are infinitely complex.
2.) It is the result of actually random occurences.

I'm personally generally a determinist. Event A causes Event B, and that's the end of that. Since there's an infinite amount of events, your "luck" is just where you happen to stand in life. However, I like to consider myself a fan of Quantum theory, which supposes that indeterminism (TRUE randomness) exists at the subatomic level. If this subatomic indeterminism has any effect on larger bodies, then it might be fair to say that luck is the exact posistion of random electrons at any given point in time, influencing otherwise determined events.

Answer 6

Luck is the "X" factor in life. Luck is what makes life worth living, because it provides the problems we have to solve,and the wonderful surprises, too. It is that portion of our experiences which cannot be predicted, or planned for, for the most part. Our lives action consists of two factors, luck,and planning. I believe that the more planning you do, the more you can decrease the effect of luck on your life, both good and bad.Without planning our lives are like a rudderless boat on the river, with luck determining dthe important outcomes. Not good. We have brains to plan with. To get a good education so we can study an occupation so we can get a satisfying job and get married and have children and a house and two cars and...............

Answer 7

A rationalist approach to luck includes the application of the rules of probability, and an avoidance of unscientific beliefs. The rationalist feels the belief in luck is a result of poor reasoning or wishful thinking. To a rationalist, a believer in luck commits the post hoc logical fallacy:

A happens (luck-attracting event or action) and then B happens;
Therefore, A caused B.

In this worldview, probability is only affected by confirmed causal connections. A brick falling on a person walking below, therefore, is not a function of that person's luck, but is instead the result of a collection of understood, (or explainable) occurrences. Statistically, every person walking under the building was just as likely to have the brick fall on them.

An alternative rationalist approach to luck is to contrast it with control. Luck is that which happens beyond a persons control. This view incorporates phenomena that are chance happenings, a person's place of birth for example, but where there is no uncertainty involved, or where the uncertainty is irrelevant. Within this framework one can differentiate between three different types of luck:

Constitutional luck, that is, luck with factors beyond a person's control because they cannot be changed. Place of birth and genetic constitution are typical examples.
Circumstantial luck, that is, luck with factors that cannot control because they are randomly brought on. Accidents and epidemics are typical examples.
Consequential luck, that is, luck with factors you cannot control because they are a capricious result of your actions. A typical example would be throwing a rock off of a cliff. Hitting someone walking below is a consequence of numerous factors beyond your control, it is a matter of luck.
The gambler's fallacy and inverse gambler's fallacy both explain some reasoning problems in common beliefs in luck. They involve denying the unpredictability of random events: "I haven't rolled a six all week, so I'll definitely roll one tonight".

Luck is merely an expression noting an extended period of noted outcomes, completely consistent with random walk probability theory. Wishing one "good luck" will not cause such an extended period, but it expresses positive feelings toward the one - not necessarily wholly undesirable.

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Luck as an essence
There is also a series of spiritual, or supernatural beliefs regarding fortune. These beliefs vary widely from one to another, but most agree that luck can be influenced through spiritual means by performing certain rituals or by avoiding certain situations.
One such activity is Prayer, a religious practice in which this belief is particularly strong. Many cultures and religions worldwide place a strong emphasis on a person's ability to influence their luckiness by ritualistic means, sometimes involving sacrifice, omens or spells. Others associate luck with a strong sense of superstition, that is, a belief that certain taboo or blessed actions will influence how fortune favors them for the future.

Carl Jung described syncronicity: the "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events". He described coincidences as an effect of a collective unconscious.

Answer 8

Luck is brought on by something you did to make it happen and your mind brings this to you to think that you may be lucky luck to me is another word in the dictionary or encyclopidia

Answer 9

I don't have a clue but it has haunted me for most of my adult life. When I was a young man I survived some terrible things in a war time environment, have spent my life asking why I was spared and why my friends didn't? Was it luck or a curse?

Answer 10

Here is what I think about Luck. The biggest hurdle between our good fortune and us is our-SELF. According to the popular believe when you want something all the forces in the universe conspire to bring it to you. This is also called beginners luck. As we go deeper into something we become our own worst enemy. Easiest way to find luck is to find a person you think is 'lucky' and try to emulate him/her. This is also short-cut to success ;o)

Example of luck, currently, EARNING IN EUROS AND SPENDING IN DOLLARS!!!!

To improve is to change: to be perfect is to change often. - Winston Churchill

Answer 11

Luck is everything you don't do on purpose. That is, it's almost everything. But the luck you get does depend on the choices you make – even if you can never quite predict how.