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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-04 01:17 PM
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The loser's guide to getting lucky
Why do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve? A psychologist says he has discovered the answer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3335275.stm

By Professor Richard Wiseman
University of Hertfordshire
BBC News
December 22, 2003

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My research eventually revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles.

They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

- more . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3335275.stm
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-04 02:37 PM
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1. Very interesting article. n/t
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-04 02:41 PM
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2. Maybe they should change the title to "being" lucky?
:D
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-04 02:52 PM
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4. Yeah. I got the wrong idea from the title too!
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moz4prez Donating Member (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-04 02:52 PM
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3. God damn it, I thought this was going to be about sex
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-04 02:53 PM
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5. This thread should have the record for most "frustrated views"
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