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I agree there was a luck aspect in that I got hot then rather than after I had already accepted a job but it wasn't 100% luck.

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Not many things are 100% luck, mostly it's a mixture of luck and planning. The luck is important though, and isn't something you can be sure will recur. Your example is a good one of something going your way once that you cannot be sure will happen again.

On a related note, I thought of something similiar: I consider myself a lucky guy because I notice all the little things that go my way and ignore the ones that don't. I've posted about confirmation bias before, but I really try to work it in my favour. For example, when you're driving up to the lights and they change to green just as you get there: I always notice it. When they turn red, I don't pay it any attention. All you gotta do is remember to notice when it goes your way, and you suddenly feel a lot luckier, an attitude I enjoy.