One sentence take-away: “Luck is what you make it” or “We make our own luck”<\/p>\n
In one experiment, Wiseman planted a specific number of photographs in a newspaper and asked both types of people (those who considered themselves to be \u201clucky\u201d or \u201cunlucky\u201d) to count how many were hidden within the pages. It took the unlucky people an average of 2 minutes while only 2 seconds for the lucky group.
\nWhy?
\nBecause on the second page in a major headline he wrote \u201cStop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper.\u201d The unlucky people focused so heavily on the task at hand\u2014rather than approaching the situation more openly\u2014that they missed the message completely, as well as a second one further in which offered \u00a3250 if they stopped counting to redeem their prize.
\nWiseman\u2019s research has determined that unlucky people are generally more tense and that anxiety works against one\u2019s ability to notice the unexpected. He also noted that lucky people tend to exhibit four main characteristics that seem to create the luck they experience:
\n1. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities
\n2. They make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition
\n3. They create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations
\n4. They adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good
\nThe good news is that Wiseman has also proven that you can train yourself to be lucky. Lucky people can become luckier, and unlucky people can catch up to those who seem to have better experiences.
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