Good luck is the result of good planning

This is wrong. There is a "chance" ingredient in the success obtained via "luck." So, no. The statement is wrong. But obviously, the author's intention was to use "good luck" to describe "success" and/or "fortune." I have also seen an idiom T-shirt recently worn by an innocent, yet misguided wearer that said "Winning is a habit. Success is a choice." Now that's a load of crap. Success may be the fruit of consecutive good choices re-enforced by determination, but certainly not one choice.

Tonight's point is: I am feeling the consequence of poor planning that is leading me away from any and all foreseeable success in the past few weeks.

In fact, it's worse than that. I see myself and those closely around me (at work) heading toward a big hole of failure.

I wan to jump off this train.

There, I said it.

I cannot stop the train. I don't know how to change the course without derailing.

Then which "luck" in its pure or in a metaphoric sense can I hope to obtain now? A pure luck will certainly come in handy. All of my experimental apparatus start working as of this week. But that's very unrealistic. Certainly it contradicts all what we know about "success." "Success" is the result of good planning. See above.

 Help from allies (colleagues)? Oh My. I have always been helped more than I have helped the others. Is it time to repeat? I am afraid so. But I need to propose my service in return. What am I good at?  Now I am whining. Time to start planning. Start choosing. I just asked all essential questions in this present paragraph. I need to get help. Know which help and from whom. and know what I can offer in return. The answers are there (in my head) and are clear.

Yes, I can change the course, I can fix the train, I can hook my wagons to another locomotive.

With this being said, I can go back to sleeping peacefully. Blogger is my therapy and in the comfort of knowing that I am the only reader (apart from a few random passers-by) I can become my own listening ears and a therapist. Good night.