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[SIZE=2]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. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2] Here are Professor Wiseman's four top tips for becoming lucky:
Listen to your gut instincts - they are normally right
Be open to new experiences and breaking your normal routine
Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well
Visualise yourself being lucky before an important meeting or telephone call. Luck is very often a self-fulfilling prophecy
I ran across this on the Internet-seems like some good advice.
Yes it is and it is randomly funny to me because I have a Fast Company July 2003 article that summarizes Richard Wiseman's points and still keep it strategically placed in my bathroom with the 'reading material' as a reminder. This way I am uploading while downloading.
And then I thought how self made 'lucky' the elites are, who met in Hertfordshire UK (to the detriment of many throughout the world on the receiving end of 'their luck') just three weeks ago.
I liked it well enough to copy and will use it for a reading class with my students this coming fall. I might even try the idea of planting a notice for a prize among their reading materials to cause them to pay more attention. Yeah, love it.
I liked it well enough to copy and will use it for a reading class with my students this coming fall. I might even try the idea of planting a notice for a prize among their reading materials to cause them to pay more attention. Yeah, love it.
And once one kid finds the prize notice, he/she will tell everyone else and everyone will know about the prize w/o having "paid attention".
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This way I am uploading while downloading. 
