But Kitchawan, which opened in May after Ms. Cochran began working part of the land that has belonged to her family for some 100 years, has benefited from some lucky factors.
Then there's the lucky dip factor.
In "How to Choose a College," Frank Bruni writes: If you're among the lucky who can factor more than cost and proximity into where you decide to go, college is a ticket to an adventure beyond the parameters of what you've experienced so far.
Ms. Brooke of Avenue magazine said that she felt lucky because many factors that usually cause tension in a reconstructed family were absent in her situation.
Experts say a lucky combination of factors may for the moment have slowed the arrival of an epidemic, including a low ratio of customers to sex workers, low rates of certain other sexually transmitted diseases and limited intravenous drug use.
The Singapore opportunity also came about thanks a lucky combination of factors, including meeting with the Grab team at home in California, and also a visit to Singapore by Drive.ai co-founder and president Carol Reiley.
What this means for The X Factor contestants: One lucky singer will get to perform with Beyoncé during the live final.
What this means for the The X Factor contestants: One lucky singer will get to perform with Dappy during the live final.
What this means for The X Factor contestants: One lucky singer will get to perform The Flood alongside Take That during the live final.
And then, of course, there is the sharing of personal experience – but those will vary immensely according to many factors, including how lucky one happens to be.
Research shows that one of the factors that sets lucky people apart from the unlucky is how they "create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives," writes Wiseman.
