Luck, Coincidences & Synchronicity

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"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
-- Darrell Royal

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Business leaders who 'leave nothing to chance’ attract bad luck and missed opportunities
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comm ... ities.html

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To get lucky, think positive
http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-sto ... e-20130528

Business leaders who 'leave nothing to chance’ attract bad luck and missed opportunities
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comm ... ities.html

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"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity."
-- Brian Tracy

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Your Energy Level Determines Your Luck

By Enoch Tan

Source: Secrets of Mind and Reality

http://www.mindpowernews.com/LuckEnergy.htm

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How to Be the Luckiest Person on the Planet

By James Altucher

Source: Choose Yourself

http://www.mindpowernews.com/LuckiestPerson.htm

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"A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck."
-- James Garfield, 20th President of the United States

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"I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

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The Science of Chance

Chance, risk, uncertainty, luck – call it what you will – affects every part of our lives.

And so when BBC Four commissioned our programme Tails You Win: The Science Of Chance there was a huge range of possible themes to explore, from gambling to natural disasters, extreme sports to collapsing economies, coincidences to lotteries.

We ended up touching on all of these since they all, at least to some extent, can be handled using numbers.

http://www.mindbendingvideos.com/the-science-of-chance/

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How Lucky Are You? By Svetlana Stankic

In short, there are many things that we can do to change our luck for the better:

• Allow for and be open to new experiences. New experiences bring possibilities for new opportunities. At the same time, work to reduce our stress and anxiety levels can improve our ability to perceive these opportunities. Constant tension and worry have been shown to raise our anxiety levels and undermine our capacity to perceive opportunities.

• Trust the guidance of our intuition. This can best be achieved in multiple concurrent ways: Heighten the sense of being connected with energy sessions, meditation, and/or other stress-reducing relaxation practices. Live more closely to nature and/or be exposed to experiences that raise levels of vibrations.

When we strengthen our sense of being connected, we live more from the heart and are better able to access our inner wisdom. We learn to trust our sense of ourselves and our intuition to make decisions that are the most beneficial from the opportunities that arise.

• Consciously change our perceptions of our experiences and/or circumstances. We can train ourselves to think positively and to expect positive outcomes. In time and with practice, this will be second nature.

• Choose our responses to events and situations in our lives. How we respond to events and situations in our lives affects the probability of similar experiences recurring in our lives. The proverbial glass holds the same volume of water for everyone; it is up to us to decide if we perceive the glass as half-full or as half-empty.

When we see the glass as half-full, we are more inclined to consider experiences in our lives as positive and to seek more of the same; we feel lucky—and we are happier, too. Our “failures” we more easily accept as valuable learning experiences, steppingstones on our way to success.

By contrast, when we see the glass as half-empty, we feel unlucky and perceive the slightest missteps as signs of misfortune, that we are “losers” and should have never tried in the first place.

So, the next time you are offered an opportunity—perhaps a free ticket to an event—accept it. Or, take a small step now on your own to offer yourself the possibility of an opportunity. Perhaps take a different route to work: You might get lucky and meet someone who changes your life. Or you might find that the commute offers pleasing scenic views.

Make a change—and make a change often and routinely. And be creative in all areas of your life. When you change the way you do something, you can expect changes in the results of what you do. It’s a win-win—and you might even get a chance to share the benefits!

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/how-lucky-are-you