Pople generate their own good fortune via four basic principles

Snake oil alert. Always beware of conclusions from studies in which the participants are self-selected. This is an intriguing synopsis of some Luck research, The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman.

Over the years I have interviewed these volunteers, asked them to complete diaries, personality questionnaires, and intelligence tests, and invited them to my laboratory to participate in experiments. The findings have revealed that luck is not a magical ability or the result of random chance. Nor are people born lucky or unlucky. Instead, although lucky and unlucky people have almost no insight into the real causes of their good and bad luck, their
thoughts and behavior are responsible for much of their fortune.

My research revealed that lucky people generate their own good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

I tried to find any follow-up research and came up dry. Here is a reporter's interview. How To Make Your Own Luck by Daniel H Pink