Far be it for me to....

....leave you feeling deprived, so let's have a 'they say....' moment.

Don't push your luck. That's what they say. But are they are right? A gentle push can create momentum where none might otherwise have developed. It is possible to push your luck too far, but there is a greater risk in not pushing it far enough.

Ideally, though, you don't want to push your luck, you want to put yourself into a position in which your luck can push you. You want to be open, flexible and ready to roll with an opportunity if or when it arises.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished?  Yes; work never begun.  (Christina Rossetti)