Rebooting Your Brain

CHAPTER 14Myth: To Succeed You Need to Be Lucky

• “Good luck with that.”
• “Beginner’s luck.”
• “Better luck next time.”
• “I'm on a lucky streak.”
• “Rotten luck.”
• “Tough luck.”
• “No such luck.”
• “As luck would have it.”
• “Lots of luck with that.”
• “The luck of the draw.”
• “Down on your luck.”
• “Better lucky than rich.”
• “You lucky dog.”
• “If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.”
• “Lucky in cards, unlucky in love.”
• “You should be so lucky.”
• “I caught a lucky break.”
• “He was lucky he wasn't killed!”
• “I'm having nothing but bad luck.”
• “She's the luckiest person I know.”
• “Thank your lucky stars.”
• “Lucky for you.”
• “Born under a lucky star.”
• “With any luck.”
• “Don't push your luck.”
• “Try your luck.”
• “Some people have all the luck.”
• “He lucked into it.”
• “He lucked out.”
• “That's just my luck.”
• “Hard‐luck story.”
• “A stroke of luck.”
• “Best of luck with that.”
• “You're in luck.”
• “A stroke of luck.”
• “His luck ran out.”
• “The luck of the Irish”
• “Lady luck.”
• “And one for luck.”
• “More luck than sense.”
• “You lucky duck.”
• “You’re shit out of luck.”

When you take the time to consider all of the common phrases that exist in the English language containing a reference to the work luck, it is little wonder that so many people possess such an overriding belief in its mystical powers. In fact, most people would be hard‐pressed to go through a single day without someone referring to the word luck. Each time we hear it, we nod our head and subconsciously buy in to the trap of thinking that our success and ...