Is Good Luck A Paranormal Thing?

Many people are looking for paranormal explanations for luck, and for related phenomena like intuition and creativity. But why? There are good psychological explanations for why some people are luckier than others that have nothing to do with ESP or psychic abilities. There are exercises that have been shown to improve one's luck whether or not we have a decent explanation yet.

Why do people need an appeal to the paranormal? Perhaps part of the reason is that if psychic powers could bring you luck, it would be easier than making changes in how you think and act. There is nothing wrong with looking for an easier way - as long as the search does not become an excuse for not taking the steps that are proven to work.

In Richard Wiseman's ten-year study of lucky people, he found definite differences between lucky and unlucky people. What he didn't find, however, was any indication of anything paranormal. He says, "I've found plenty of evidence of unscientific approaches to data, but have never come across a paranormal experiment that can be replicated."
He found that lucky people were not any more likely to win the lottery, for example. Of course not! It is random chance. This is why people who are considered lucky can win more often in business or love or even artistic endeavors. They are not relying on paranormal powers. They are thinking and acting in ways that promote a better outcome.

Is It Just Hard Work?

If one's luck results from hard work, we could argue that it isn't "luck." But again, we probably profit more from seeing how to have more of such "luck" than from arguing definitions. Certainly there is something to be said for the value of hard work.

On the other hand, if we watch those who are called "lucky" by themselves and others, we see that they don't just work hard. They work smart. They work where there efforts are likely to pay more. They work with people who know how to make things happen. They work in more efficient ways. They work where opportunities are more likely to appear. And the good news is that anyone can put these good luck ideas into practice to become luckier.


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The Ebook "Secrets Of Lucky People" was the source for these ideas on luck. For more on that, visit the website www.GoodLuckSecrets.com.