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Stephen Skubinna's avatar

While many appear to sincerely believe in "luck," I have always considered the term unlucky as shorthand for "having poor judgement." While random chance, or even more frequently careless or outright malevolent individuals inflict harm upon us, most of the cases I have seen of unlucky people have all shared appalling judgement. Very few people are simply walking down the road minding their own business when a piece of bad luck detaches itself from the heavens and falls upon them.

Yeah, sure a driver can have a heart attack and plow his car right through your store or home. These things are unpredictable and by their very nature cannot be planned for... although a thoughtful person might take steps in advance to mitigate the results (even a precaution as simple as having an insurance policy). But barring the Biblical tale of Job, people who have a constant run of "bad luck" almost always seem to display the same characteristic - a run of poor decisions if not outright reckless behavior. While bad things do happen to good people, and even to only moderately okay people, if you are seriously asking "why do these things keep happening to me?" you probably ought to start your examination of your poor luck with your own self.

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"The more I worked, I luckier I became" 🍀🍀🍀🍀

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