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Do you know someone who is just lucky? She is lucky in love, always in the right place at the right time for business opportunities, and able to find the perfect parking spot right up front. And conversely, there’s the friend we all have who has the ubiquitous black cloud that follows him everywhere. He never seems to get a break—his car gets broken into, he has one bad relationship after another, and he falls and breaks a leg just crossing the street.

Do you believe that we make our own luck? Actually research shows that only a small percentage of what happens to us in life is random. Richard Wiseman, Ph. D., who has been studying the luck phenomenon for at least ten years, says that 90% of what happens to us is determined by the way we think and act (“How to Get Lucky”, Ben Sherwood, Oprah Magazine, February 2009). If we expect positive outcomes, opportunities, and chance encounters they are more likely to happen. If we are open and relaxed, we are more likely to strike up a conversation with the stranger on a plane who may lead to a new connection or opportunity. If we are hunkered down, living in caution and worry, we won’t even notice openings that could change our circumstances for the better.

Here’s a luck experiment. For a week plan/expect to be lucky each day. Imagine the events of your day unfolding in ways that would be described as lucky. Look and listen for synchronicity in all endeavors that could be enriched by a serendipitous connection or chance encounter. Slow your pace down just a little and allow your intuitive hunches to talk to you. Act as if you are lucky.—yes, fake it ‘til you make it!

Here are some questions to ponder.

1. Where are you on the luck scale? (0 = It’s black-cloudsville, 10 = Amazing positive coincidences and unexpected opportunities show up all the time)
2. What is your level of willingness to experiment with increasing the luck factor in your life? (1-10)
3. If it’s over a 5, what will you do for the next ten days to increase your chances of being lucky? (If you’re below a 5, don’t bother, you’ll only prove to yourself that you’re as unlucky as you thought).

What do you have to lose? In these times we could all stand a lucky break!

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