There is no such thing as bad luck or good luck, but there are definite ways that people can seem to produce more luck, or suffer more often from back luck. Much of this has to do with who we are, who we interact with, and how often we put ourselves out there. In the book "The Luck Factor", Dr. Wiseman explains how luck can predicted and opportunies controlled. He uses four principles to explain how to acquire more luck in the future and influence your outcomes with more accuracy than just throwing the dice.
1. Maximizing Chance Opportunities – Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in life. They are more open to new ideas, food, restaurants, experiences, and are constantly introducing vareity and change into thier lives. These lucky people havea larger, stronger network of friends, spend more time talking to people at parties, in line at the grocery store, and have positive interactions with most people they meet. They have a more relaxed attitude towards life and are more aware of what is around them. They will notice coins on the sidewalk, adds in the paper, opportunities to be involved, and look at the world for expectations and opportunities.
2. Listen to Hunches – Lucky people make successful decisions by using their intuition and gut feelings, using intuition to guide thier approach to new opportunities. They take steps to boost their intuition through meditation, creating a quiet place to reflect on the days events, or stop thinking about a problem for a while and come back to it.
1. Maximizing Chance Opportunities – Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in life. They are more open to new ideas, food, restaurants, experiences, and are constantly introducing vareity and change into thier lives. These lucky people havea larger, stronger network of friends, spend more time talking to people at parties, in line at the grocery store, and have positive interactions with most people they meet. They have a more relaxed attitude towards life and are more aware of what is around them. They will notice coins on the sidewalk, adds in the paper, opportunities to be involved, and look at the world for expectations and opportunities.
2. Listen to Hunches – Lucky people make successful decisions by using their intuition and gut feelings, using intuition to guide thier approach to new opportunities. They take steps to boost their intuition through meditation, creating a quiet place to reflect on the days events, or stop thinking about a problem for a while and come back to it.
3. Expect Good Fortune – Lucky people expect in the future thier dreams and ambitions will be fulfilled and continue in the future. They expect to be healthy and happy, and know they will do well in their jobs. Lucky people expect to have positive influence on other people's lives and expect thier interactions to be positive and successful. As Oprah stated “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. You have to get out and try – avoiding trying is the quickest way to decrease your chance of winning or success. Lucky people tend to try and get what they want from life, even if the chance of success seems slim.
4. Turn your Bad Luck into Good – Lucky people are able to transform their bad luck into good fortune and are more reslient that those unlucky people. Lucky people are convinced that any ill fortune in their life will, in the long run, work out for the best – believe that even negative events will work out well for me in the long run. Lucky people do not dwell on their ill fortune – they let go of the past and focus on the future. Lucky people look at where things went wrong, fix them and prepare better in the future. There is an air of expectation and through preparation (learning from our mistakes) and positive thinking change is possible.
While these four principles will NOT help you win the lottery, it is necessary to state that you can't win what you don't play.
