Richard Wiseman
Richard Wiseman
Richard J. Wisemanis a Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. His research has been published in peer reviewed scientific journals, and a column in the magazine Scientific American described him as "…the most interesting and innovative experimental psychologist in the world today". He has written several best-selling popular psychology books that have been translated into over 30 languages. He has given keynote addresses to The Royal Society, The Swiss Economic...
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Date of Birth16 September 1966
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Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner, and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through the newspaper determined to find certain job advertisements and, as a result, miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there, rather than just what they are looking for.
We are far more like somebody watching ourselves than somebody in charge of ourselves.
The concept of luck is very straightforward. Some people notice opportunities and others don't.
Unlucky people are stuck in routines. When they see something new, they want no part of it. Lucky people always want something new. They're prepared to take risks and relaxed enough to see the opportunities in the first place.
Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.
Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all about being in the right state of mind.
Lucky people generate their own good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating their own 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.
I am not a fan of Sigmund Freud because his theories are not testicle.