[Xplune13]

I agree. The act of trying itself opens you up to new possibilities which are just locked if one just complaints and do nothing about it. That's why trying is necessary.

But that doesn't mean one should deny the fact that some things are entirely dependent on pure luck. In my opinion, the luck part starts even before you're actually born (your place/country of birth, family etc.). So, one should acknowledge the fact that luck too played an important role in their current wealth along with their own hard work.

[megaman821]

But what meaning does luck have if you consider every positive thing in life luck? You were lucky you were born with the ability to see. You were you didn't die of childhood disease.

If it was 100% luck, China and India would have most of the good things in the world since the have more lotto tickets (people) than the rest of the world.

[Xplune13]

I didn't say it was 100% luck. I said, trying itself is opening up to new opportunities and possibilities. After all luck is just a game of possibilities and chances.

There isn't a universal definition of luck and there won't ever be. The border between what is luck and what isn't changes every person to person. Your country, family wealth (which then pays for your education) play an important role in one's life and their wealth. A "rich" person on some poor island most probably won't be considered rich in any Western country.

Now it matters what you do with that what you have. Scoring high or low in academics is up to me which would contribute to my wealth in future. I'm not saying that academics is the only metric here, but people having high score are generally more "wealthy" than those that don't according to my observation. So all of it matters on what you do with the given time and opportunities.

[developer93]

I would define luck as any positive circumstance which I didn't create/control. I'm not sure his last point even counts as luck.