Unearned, unexpected luck.
In my own experience, but for some unexpected luck and help, I would have been lost.
His relationship with Martorell, whom he always considered one of his main and most influential masters, brought him unexpected luck; he later recommended Gaudí for the Sagrada Família.
A little proactive planning... bye-bye Bunzo... plus a bit of unexpected good luck gives Kumiko what she needs to fulfill her destiny.
In an unexpected stroke of luck, Fullard had located a few of his teeth, preserved in a medical examiner's office, and couldn't wait to show them to his elderly mother.
That run of chart luck, unexpected for a city some 700 miles from Tokyo's hipsters, reinforced a local spirit of independence, and today Fukuoka seems to have outgrown its old Gateway-to-Kyushu label, seeing itself more as a Gateway to Asia.
I'm a big believer in the value of perseverance for overcoming the bad luck, unexpected setbacks, and unavoidable roadblocks that invariably arise.
"GoT" characters, as dark as things get for them, encounter unexpected allegiances, serendipitous luck and fortuitous opportunities (in addition to the usual roster of beheadings and so forth).
Specialty choice can also be influenced by a other factors, including gender [ 6], personality [ 7], perceptions about job-related factors such as work-life balance [ 8], not to mention unexpected opportunity and luck; and as such, trying to predict medical careers is notoriously difficult [ 9].
But it is preparation, critical skills and hard work that turn the luck of unexpected opportunities and chance into true success.
Until an unexpected stroke of bad luck.
