Luck, in our everyday understanding, is a random gift of the
universe. The superstitious might go in for rabbits' feet and four-leaf clovers
and the religious for prayer, but otherwise there's nothing you can do to
attract good fortune or repel bad luck. Or is there?
Believe it or not, this is something science has looked into. Experimental psychologist Richard Wiseman has spent over a decade investigating whether lucky and unlucky people actually do anything differently.
To do this he used a newspaper advertisement to solicit hundreds of volunteers who felt they were exceptionally lucky or unlucky then conducted a series experiments to determine what, if anything, set one group apart from the other.
It turned out that, when it came to the difference in outcomes between the two groups, divine providence and random chance had little to do with it. Instead, lucky people had a particular outlook and way of operating in the world that maximized the chances of happy coincidences occurring. Wiseman breaks this outlook down into four principles on his website:
Believe it or not, this is something science has looked into. Experimental psychologist Richard Wiseman has spent over a decade investigating whether lucky and unlucky people actually do anything differently.
To do this he used a newspaper advertisement to solicit hundreds of volunteers who felt they were exceptionally lucky or unlucky then conducted a series experiments to determine what, if anything, set one group apart from the other.
It turned out that, when it came to the difference in outcomes between the two groups, divine providence and random chance had little to do with it. Instead, lucky people had a particular outlook and way of operating in the world that maximized the chances of happy coincidences occurring. Wiseman breaks this outlook down into four principles on his website:
Maximize Chance Opportunities Lucky people are skilled at
creating, noticing and acting upon chance opportunities. They do this in
various ways, including networking, adopting a relaxed attitude to life
and by being open to new experiences.
Principle Two: Listening to Lucky Hunches. Lucky people make effective decisions by listening to their intuition and gut feelings. In addition, they take steps to actively boost their intuitive abilities by, for example, meditating and clearing their mind of other thoughts.
Principle Two: Listening to Lucky Hunches. Lucky people make effective decisions by listening to their intuition and gut feelings. In addition, they take steps to actively boost their intuitive abilities by, for example, meditating and clearing their mind of other thoughts.
Principle Three: Expect Good Fortune. Lucky people are
certain that the future is going to be full of good fortune. These expectations
become self-fulfilling prophecies by helping lucky people persist in the face
of failure, and shape their interactions with others in a positive way.
Principle Four: Turn Bad Luck to Good. Lucky people employ
various psychological techniques to cope with, and often even thrive upon, the
ill fortune that comes their way. For example, they spontaneously imagine how
things could have been worse, do not dwell on ill fortune, and take control of
the situation.
You might be thinking that Wiseman's principles are all well
and good, but that people's ability to adopt them is basically a function of
their personality and difficult to change. If you're a worrywart by nature, for instance, can you
really teach yourself not to dwell on bad fortune? Can control freaks learn to
break their routines and embrace chance encounters?
Yes, says Wiseman in an article for Skeptical Inquirer (download the long, fascinating read here). In it he described operating "luck school" that actually had an impact on increasing participants' good fortune:
Yes, says Wiseman in an article for Skeptical Inquirer (download the long, fascinating read here). In it he described operating "luck school" that actually had an impact on increasing participants' good fortune:
I explained how lucky people... create good fortune in their
lives, and described simple techniques designed to help them think and behave
like a lucky person. For example... without realizing it, lucky people tend to
use various techniques to create chance opportunities that surround them, how
to break daily routines, and also how to deal more effectively with bad luck by
imagining how things could have been worse. I asked my volunteers to spend a month
carrying out exercises and then return and describe what had happened. The
results were dramatic. 80 percent of people were now happier, more satisfied
with their lives, and, perhaps most important of all, luckier.
Of course, it's worth noting that some bad luck is just
random. If an out of control skier breaks your leg the day after you broke your
arm tripping over the neighbor's dog, you are not to blame for your injuries.
But luck can have such a dramatic impact on our lives, from a chance meeting with
your future spouse to a coincidental business connection that results in a
million dollar deal, that it's reassuring to know it's not totally beyond our
control.
Do you believe lucky people make their own good fortune?
Do you believe lucky people make their own good fortune?
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