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Well, lucky people could just be more naturally observant. It seems that would be a useful trait.
Perhaps also more trusting/optimistic. Ie, for the newspaper experiment, the message said there were 43 pictures but why should you trust it?
I was just thinking about this issue today because the house that i wanted to rent was just rented to someone else. It was depressing & important for several reasons. I keep asking myself: "what if i called the broker earlier, just a day before? Could i have the chance to rent the house?" Well, i might be act earlier but i didn't know about the house earlier, the reason that i didn't know, well i had to do something that day..and this goes and goes and goes...Its like the Feyman video that i watched from here, some very simple things can branches into very complicated and sophisticated manners. This also partly mentioned in the funeral monologue from Synecdoche, NY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PzSNy3xj0
"My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles. ... After graduating from "luck school", she has passed her driving test after three years of trying, was no longer accident-prone and became more confident. ... The Luck Factor (Century), is available for £9.99 + £1.99 p&p. To order, please call Telegraph Books Direct on 0870 155 7222."
To me the news here is, "Publishing company uses newspaper it owns to promote one of its books."
I am someone who seems to often have phenomenal "good luck". My subjective experience is that it also relates to how you treat other people. Just being consistently polite and having good boundaries opens up opportunities in a big way -- often to a degree that astonishes me.
(Then I'd make the "luckies" be guards and the "unluckies" be prisoners...)
I read an article about this once. Here's the gist of it: if you want to be lucky, you should gamble, etc. only when the entropy levels are higher than usual.
I wish I could know how the luckies and unluckies would have done on the "marshmallow test" as 4-year-olds. (Then I'd make the "luckies" be guards and the "unluckies" be prisoners...)
This may be tangential to the discussion at hand, but for many, like myself, who tend to be shy and hesitant to reach out to others, this seems like one good way to overcome that. If you make it into a game, it can become less stressful. Anyone else have any other ideas like this?
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They tend to take the same route to and from work and talk to the same types of people at parties. In contrast, many lucky people try to introduce variety into their lives. For example, one person described how he thought of a colour before arriving at a party and then introduced himself to people wearing that colour. This kind of behaviour boosts the likelihood of chance opportunities by introducing variety This may…
They tend to take the same route to and from work and talk to the same types of people at parties. In contrast, many lucky people try to introduce variety into their lives. For example, one person described how he thought of a colour before arriving at a party and then introduced himself to people wearing that colour. This kind of behaviour boosts the likelihood of chance opportunities by introducing variety This may…
Great way to meet people - you have to talk to them to do it. Great way to meet girls too. More of a young/student thing though - replaces beer pong around here. Would not work with an older crowd I guess, but hey, as long as you do it with the outer clothing, everyone could play.