Comments on: 10 Tips for Creating Your Own Luck – No Lucky Charm Needed! http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/10-tips-for-improving-your-luck/ Got goals? Need a push in the right direction? You've come to the right place! Tue, 22 May 2012 22:32:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurie PK http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/10-tips-for-improving-your-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-5279 Laurie PK Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:19:54 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=414#comment-5279 According to Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, there are many factors that contribute to success, such as family, socioeconomic status, geography, and the decade in which you're born. So you can be lucky, but luck alone won't take you all the way. According to Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, there are many factors that contribute to success, such as family, socioeconomic status, geography, and the decade in which you’re born.

So you can be lucky, but luck alone won’t take you all the way.

]]> By: Laurie PK http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/10-tips-for-improving-your-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-3189 Laurie PK Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:26:10 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=414#comment-3189 The February 2009 issue of Oprah Magazine features a fantastic article on "How to Make Your Own Luck" -- it's almost as good as this one! ;-) Are some people really luckier than others? NO -- though it seems that way. "Luck is not a magical ability or gift from the gods," writes Richard Wiseman in The Luck Factor. "Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving." More tips for improving your luck: - widen your circle of friends and acquaintances (so you encounter more opportunities) - prepare your mind to achieve your goals (sort of like visualizing your success) - relax, because anxious, stressed, or preoccupied people don't notice good things or follow up on possible opportunities - stay connected to people (especially the lucky, successful ones!) Source: "How to Make Your Own Luck" by Ben Sherwood, in the Feb 2009 issue of O magazine. The February 2009 issue of Oprah Magazine features a fantastic article on “How to Make Your Own Luck” — it’s almost as good as this one! ;-)

Are some people really luckier than others? NO — though it seems that way.

“Luck is not a magical ability or gift from the gods,” writes Richard Wiseman in The Luck Factor. “Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.”

More tips for improving your luck:

- widen your circle of friends and acquaintances (so you encounter more opportunities)

- prepare your mind to achieve your goals (sort of like visualizing your success)

- relax, because anxious, stressed, or preoccupied people don’t notice good things or follow up on possible opportunities

- stay connected to people (especially the lucky, successful ones!)

Source: “How to Make Your Own Luck” by Ben Sherwood, in the Feb 2009 issue of O magazine.

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