'''Luck''' is the tendency for good things to happen to people by chance, rather than as a result of their actions or capabilities. Many people consider themselves to be inherently lucky or unlucky, typically attributing their success or failure at work, in [[love]] or in life in general to a string of happy or unhappy coincidences that they see as having been outside their personal control. Other people, including many [[conservative]]s, reject the idea of luck, believing instead that success comes as a result of hard work and application, and that to blame failure on bad luck is merely to make excuses for one's own inadequacy or poor decision-making. | '''Luck''' is the tendency for good things to happen to people by chance, rather than as a result of their actions or capabilities. Many people consider themselves to be inherently lucky or unlucky, typically attributing their success or failure at work, in [[love]] or in life in general to a string of happy or unhappy coincidences that they see as having been outside their personal control. Other people, including many [[conservative]]s, reject the idea of luck, believing instead that success comes as a result of hard work and application, and that to blame failure on bad luck is merely to make excuses for one's own inadequacy or poor decision-making. |