”Luck” definitely exists, and definitely plays a role in success. It’s not some magical thing. To me, at least, luck is just what we call the circumstances we can’t control going our way.
You’re applying for a job. You’re totally qualified. But there’s one spot available. You have, for all intents and purposes, done everything you could do to earn that job.
In scenario one, you get that job.
In scenario two, there just so happens to be one other person who interviews right after you that has just one, small element that they like better. Nothing wrong with you, in fact, everything was right with you, but they’re just a little more right. They get the job.
That’s luck (good and bad). It’s the things beyond what you can control going your way (or not).
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