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Happiness, Luck, and Lifting Curses
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 …
Read MoreDon’t Leave Your Destiny to Chance—Cultivate Your Own Good Luck
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 …
Read MoreMoving at the Speed of Luck: Finding Your “Essence Pace”
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 …
Read MoreThe Biggest Block to Being Lucky—and How to Overcome It
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 …
Read MoreHow to Start a Lucky Streak—“Fortune Favors the Bold!”
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 …
Read MorePut the Science of Luck to Work for You
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 …
Read MoreMix it Up and Up Your Luck
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 …
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