The Luck Factor: The Scientific Study of the Lucky Mind

Lucky people tended to engage in three times as much ‘open’ body language as unlucky people.

This research revealed that there are four main differences between the lives of lucky and unlucky people: Lucky people constantly encounter chance opportunities. They accidentally meet people who have a very beneficial effect on their lives and come across interesting opportunities in newspapers and magazines. In contrast, unlucky people rarely ha

Principle One: Maximise Your Chance Opportunities Principle: Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their life

Another way in which lucky people increase the likelihood of chance encounters in their lives revolves around a concept known as ‘social magnetism’. Psychologists have noticed that certain people seem able to draw other people towards them.26 These ‘social magnets’ often find that whenever they go to parties or attend meetings, strangers initiate c

Research has revealed that these people attract others because, without realising it, ‘social magnets’ exhibit the types of body language and facial expressions that other people find attractive and inviting. Interestingly, lucky people exhibit exactly the same pattern of behaviour.

The differences between the lucky and unlucky people were dramatic. The lucky people smiled twice as much as unlucky people and engaged in far more eye contact.

most psychologists agree that there are only five underlying dimensions to our personalities: five dimensions on which we all vary. These dimensions have been found in both the young and old, in men and women and across many different cultures. These dimensions are often referred to as Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Neuroticism and

Sub-principle 1: Lucky people build and maintain a strong ‘network of luck’ My research revealed that lucky people scored much higher than unlucky people on a dimension of personality known as Extroversion.25 Extroverts are far more sociable than introverts. They enjoy spending time visiting friends and going to parties, and tend to be attracted to

Lucky people are effective at building secure, and long lasting, attachments with the people that they meet. They are easy to get to know and most people like them. They tend to be trusting and form close friendships with others. As a result, they often keep in touch with a much larger number of friends and colleagues than unlucky people, and time