Increase Your Surface Area for Luck
4 principles to create more and better job opportunities, romantic connections, and serendipitous moments.
Luck is often seen as something that’s out of our control.
Society seems to want us to believe that luck is bestowed on a select few — those with innate talent, or (because capitalism) people who work incredibly hard.
Science tells us otherwise.
You Can Create More Good Luck in your Life
Seriously. It sounds trite, but truly anyone can increase their chances of experiencing good fortune with these four principles.
Richard Wiseman, a psychologist and Professor of Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, conducted a 10-year study on the nature of luck.
He found that, for the most part, people create their own good (and bad) fortune.
Lucky people generate good luck by way of 4 basic principles
Wiseman’s research revealed that lucky people have a handful of things in common. These are things that anyone can do with a mindset shift.
- Creating and noticing chance opportunities.
