People rarely call themselves lucky. They call other people lucky.

I've noticed something interesting.

When people succeed, they often explain it through hard work, persistence, or good decisions.

But when someone else succeeds, it's surprisingly common to hear:

"They were just lucky."

It's almost as if "luck" becomes an explanation for other people's outcomes more often than our own.

Maybe that's because we know the effort behind our own successes but only see the results of someone else's.

Or maybe calling someone lucky is a way of making an uncomfortable comparison feel easier.

I'm curious whether others notice this too.

Do we underestimate our own luck while overestimating everyone else's?