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  • Be lucky - its an easy skill to learn - Telegraph

    From the page: "In the wake of these studies, I think there are three easy techniques that can help to maximise good fortune: * Unlucky people often fail to follow their intuition when making a choice, whereas lucky people tend to respect hunches. Lucky people are interested in how... more

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  • Rated by DaysEye on Oct 30, 12:39am

    Richard Wiseman is a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire. He wrote The Luck Factor. "Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for.(...) Lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles: 1. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, 2. make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, 3. create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and 4. adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.(...) I think there are three easy techniques that can help to maximise good fortune: a. (...) Lucky people tend to respect hunches. (...) this helps them because gut feelings act as an alarm bell. b. Unlucky people tend to be creatures of routine. (...) In contrast, many lucky people try to introduce variety into their lives. c. Lucky people tend to see the positive side of their ill fortune."
  • Rated by Lindarama on Oct 27, 2:56pm

    And here's the money shot: "My research revealed that lucky people generate 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." Are you unlucky or lucky? Well are ya, punk?
  • Rated by haydutraduke on Oct 18, 12:34pm

    From the page: "Lucky people tend to see the positive side of their ill fortune. They imagine how things could have been worse. In one interview, a lucky volunteer arrived with his leg in a plaster cast and described how he had fallen down a flight of stairs. I asked him whether he still felt lucky and he cheerfully explained that he felt luckier than before. As he pointed out, he could have broken his neck."
  • Rated by QualityChuck on Oct 18, 11:22am

    From the page: "Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else... Lucky people...see what is there rather than just what they are looking for."
  • Rated by explicitmemory on Oct 18, 9:15am

    FTA: "Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for."
  • Rated by huggingthecoast on Oct 17, 5:31pm

    Great article by the author of the excellent book, The Luck Factor.
  • Rated by dayrider on Oct 15, 4:13am

    This is true....I have friends that are living proof !!
  • Rated by KN18 on Oct 15, 12:07am

    Luck is one of those unexplanable factor. I believe success is luck meets preparation. Great article!
  • Rated by alusiva on Oct 13, 5:50pm

    From the page: "The findings have revealed that although unlucky people have almost no insight into the real causes of their good and bad luck, their thoughts and behaviour are responsible for much of their fortune."