Why do some people always feel lucky?

Why do some people always feel lucky while others often feel unhappy? Richard Wiseman, a famous British psychologist and professor at the University of Hertford, claims that he has found the answer. Ten years ago, Professor Wiseman began to study human luck. He advertises in many newspapers across the country to connect people who are always lucky or always unlucky. Hundreds of male and female volunteers participated in his research. Over the years, Professor Wiseman interviewed them, monitored their lives and let them participate in various experiments. For example, he conducted a simple experiment with them to find out whether the difference in their perceptions was due to their ability to discover opportunities. The experiment divided the volunteers into two groups: those who were always lucky and those who were often unhappy with their lives. Professor Wiseman sent each of the volunteers a newspaper and asked them to read it and tell him how many pictures were in it. In fact, he wrote the same sentence in every newspaper: "If you read it and tell the experimenter, you will get 50 dollars." This sentence is written in a large font of more than two inches. However, those who always feel unfortunate mostly turn a blind eye to this sentence, while those who always feel lucky mostly can notice it.
People who are always miserable are usually more nervous than those who are always lucky, and this anxiety disturbs their ability to notice unexpected situations. As a result, they will miss the opportunity because they are too focused on finding something else. They go to parties and focus on finding the perfect partner, but miss out on making good friends. They browse newspapers, concentrate on one type of job advertisement, and miss out on other types of jobs. By contrast, people who are always lucky are more relaxed and open, and what they find is often what they see, not what they look for. Professor Wiseman's research ultimately reveals that people who are always fortunate tend to feel good through four principles. They are good at creating and discovering opportunities, making decisions through listening to their intuition, realizing dreams through positive psychological hints, and adjusting a flexible and "never say die" attitude to turn bad luck into good luck. Professor Wiseman also universally summarizes four techniques for getting a good feeling:
Listen to your intuition
1) they are usually correct.
2) is willing to break the rules and accept new experiences.
3) Take a moment every day to think about the things that are going well.
4) Think of yourself as a lucky person before you start something important.
He said that the luckiest people in the world don't always have good things, but they must learn how to see good things from bad people and things.
2026-09-05
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