Lucky?

pinkskates4 · ‎03-10-2010

Are you lucky or unlucky?

The question may seem innocent, but your answer to it could have incredible effects on the quality of your life: thinking positively and believing yourself to be lucky can have a significant effect on whether you actually are.

In a street experiment conducted by National Geographic, a video of which is embedded above, passersby were asked to identify themselves as either lucky or unlucky. Then they were handed a newspaper and told a prize of $20 awaited them if they could count the number of photos in the paper in 10 seconds.

Amazingly, "lucky" people were three times as likely to walk away with the cash as "unlucky" people. The trick, it seems, is all in the way you approach things.

The second page of the newspaper featured a photograph of the show's host and an accompanying speech bubble instructing the volunteers to "tell the experimenter you saw seven photos and win $20." Self-described "lucky" people were more likely to notice the bubble because they as a group were more open to unforeseen and extraordinary opportunities.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/09/lucky-street-experiment-national-geographic_n_5474008.html?...

Topaz Gem · ‎03-10-2010

Makes perfect sense to me. Our minds are very powerful; much more powerful than we even realize.

"Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~Henry James

Sidonie · ‎06-06-2014

Do I believe in luck? No, because that is random, but I do believe I am blessed.

pinkskates4 · ‎03-10-2010

I once read a book on Creativity which said that the most important aspect of problem solving is - the belief a solution is possible.

They cited a study of 3rd graders who were asked to say what they were thinking as they worked with jigsaw puzzles.

The kids who believed they could do it, saying things like - well that piece didn't fit, let me try this one, this is so much fun, I know I can do this etc., - were significantly more able to do so than those who said things like - this is so hard, I hate puzzles, I don't know how to find the right piece, etc.

Emma bunting · ‎04-21-2014

I am an extremely lucky person.......and I actually expect to win at things. And I do.

scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

Dagna, I guess I never thought about if I think I am lucky or unlucky.

I do know I like your siggy.

pinkskates4 · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/10/2014 Emma bunting said:
I am an extremely lucky person.......and I actually expect to win at things. And I do. ${#emotions_dlg.thumbup}$

It's interesting. I definitely consider myself fortunate, but lucky? And yet, there have been a couple of times when there was a raffle, and I just knew that I would win - and I did.

Can't explain that.

pinkskates4 · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/10/2014 scotttie said:
Dagna, I guess I never thought about if I think I am lucky or unlucky.

I do know I like your siggy.

Thanks!

Emma bunting · ‎04-21-2014

On 6/10/2014 Dagna said:
On 6/10/2014 Emma bunting said:
I am an extremely lucky person.......and I actually expect to win at things. And I do. ${#emotions_dlg.thumbup}$

It's interesting. I definitely consider myself fortunate, but lucky? And yet, there have been a couple of times when there was a raffle, and I just knew that I would win - and I did.

Can't explain that.

I'm the exact same way, Dagna. Just KNEW I was going to win, and I did. I have won a thousand bucks a couple of times on scratch tickets......at Keno......and my husband hit the number exactly once. I still haven't hit the big one yet though. lol

scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

You know in thinking about it I will say this. Anyone who looked at my life and the things my family and I have endured would say "not so lucky." However, all those seemingly unlucky things turned out to have major blessings attached. What's the line in that Garth Brooks song.."I guess The Lord knows what he's doing after all...."