What were you thinking? Not for me to say.
What you aren't thinking is obvious, however. That is, you're not thinking in terms of someone with real world experience, otherwise you'd know better.
Luck has no place in the business, any more than departing at ridiculously low speeds and hoping one won't have a problem until one gains enough speed to actually control the airplane in the event of an assymetrical thrust condition.
You've called upon the concept of pilots who fly light twins from short, rough airfields, the world over. I've certainly done enough of this...but have you? You see, you cite these ideas, these points of view, from a position of guesswork, not actual experience; you promulgate dangerous concepts and do it in ignorance, which is the same as luck, the same as guesswork.
You're also embarassing yourself.