The Luck Factor: Change Your Luck and Change Your Life [Import] [Paperback]

RICHARD WISEMAN (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: CENTURY (2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0712623884
• ISBN-13: 978-0712623889
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Wiseman is Britain's only professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology and has an international reputation for his research into unusual areas including deception, luck, humour and the paranormal. He is the psychologist most frequently quoted by the British media and his research has been featured on over 150 television programmes in the UK. He is regularly heard on Radio 4 and feature articles about his work have appeared prominently throughout the national press.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Perspective!!, May 23, 2003

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Otto Yuen (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Luck Factor: Change Your Luck and Change Your Life (Paperback)

This is definitely an interesting book. It views the 'luck' from a scientific perspective. By having 4 simple principles, everyone can increase the chance of luck. In fact, Dr. Wiseman demonstrates the people with luck having a common set of personalities that lead them to have more opportunities than others. Luck is not from your psychic power, it's more the consequence of how you behave and how you view your daily life.
This book is similar to the "Millionaire Mind" by Dr. Thomas Stanley, which depicts the characteristic of being a millionaire. To be a better luck person, it's simple, just be more positive and using Dr. Wiseman's four principles.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All in the mind, May 1, 2004

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luck Factor (Paperback)

This 10-year study with volunteers reveals that good fortune is not due to talent, hard work or intelligence. This scientific investigation is based upon interviews and experiments with people who consider themselves lucky; the author concludes that luck is a state of mind.

Wiseman identifies four principles that underlie a life of good fortune, adherence to which will draw good luck into the life of the individual. These are 1. The belief that you are lucky. Lucky people create, notice and act upon chance opportunities. They also have a relaxed attitude to life. 2. Lucky people make success happen by using their intuition and gut feelings. 3. One must expect good fortune, hold fast to this belief and persevere in attempting to achieve your goals. 4. Lucky people have a knack for transforming back luck into good luck. One must affirm your good fortune and have a strong conviction that everything will work out for the best.

The text is illustrated by graphs from the research plus some black and white illustrations of playing cards. Overall the conclusions are quite impressive and I find the results of the study very convincing. There are plenty of exercises and the book concludes with notes that include bibliographic references. It is heartening to finally see scientific proof of the claims made by sages and esotericists down the ages.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read. Practical & uplifting principles, June 20, 2010

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Nancy Chou (Sunnyvale, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luck Factor (Paperback)

Great book to read on a 3.5hr flight, because you can read it from start to finish. Full of anectodes and practical exercises. I particularly liked chapter 8, Learning to Be Lucky. An enjoyable and practical book. I liked it and recommend it.