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By Gay Hendricks, PhD

According to research in the field of Positive Psychology, the characteristic of feeling lucky directly correlates to increased happiness and success in life. This makes sense, as people who feel lucky are likely to be more …

By Carol Kline

Most of us believe that luck—that mysterious force that makes life an exhilarating ride from one victory and achievement to the next—is capricious, random, even fickle, certainly outside our control.

And while it’s true that there will …

By Gay Hendricks, PhD

If you want to be luckier, rely more often on your internal GPS. Research in the field of Positive Psychology shows that people who consider themselves lucky are far more likely than people who consider themselves …

By Carol Kline

Everyone knows that luck is random, unpredictable, even fickle, right?

Well, as it turns out, not really.

Luck has far less to do with chance than we think. Although there’s a component of luck that’s beyond our …

By Carol Kline

Want to start a lucky streak? Begin by creating a lucky break. The key to generating those strokes of luck is to take action consistently. And the more actions you take—think of them as cosmic lottery tickets—the …

By Carol Kline

Most people consider luck to be superstition or wishful thinking—which makes sense if you believe good fortune is determined by rabbits’ feet, horseshoes, and four-leaf clovers. But recent research in the field of Positive Psychology suggests it’s …

By Carol Kline

Every June, as another wave of students graduates from college, commencement speakers everywhere share their wisdom on what it takes to be successful. One theme that resurfaces regularly is that being lucky on life’s journey requires seizing …