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The Luck Factor

The Luck Factor

Book by Richard Wiseman

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Sep 3, 2026

Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
6:57
So of course, the same things keep happening again and again and again.
Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
7:02
And it's not bad luck, right? But There's a book called The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman, and he talks about this study that he did around luck.
Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
7:14
And he put an advert in the paper and it's like, are you a lucky person? Are you an unlucky person? You know, come and do this study.
Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
7:21
And what they did was they hid money out the front of where people were coming to get tested and to do these questionnaires.
Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
9:55
Because you don't put yourself forward.
Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
9:57
And that's what Richard Wiseman found.
Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
9:59
It's a great book, The Luck Factor, is that people who self-identified as lucky are they put themselves forward for things.
Denise Duffield-ThomasHOST
10:07
They make themselves available for luck to happen.

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