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The luck factor : changing your luck, changing your life, the four essential principles

Title
The luck factor : changing your luck, changing your life, the four essential principles / Richard Wiseman.
Author
Wiseman, Richard (Richard John), 1966-
Publication
New York : Miramax/Hyperion, [2003], ©2003.
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Book/TextRequest in advance BF637.S8 W55 2003Off-site

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Description
xix, 209 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Examines luck from a psychological perspective, drawing on interviews and experiments with more than four hundred volunteers to conclude that luck is a learned ability, in a guide that introduces four principles regarding luck.
Subject
  • Success
  • Fortune
  • Self-actualization (Psychology)
  • Achievement
  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Développement personnel
  • Comportement
  • Psychologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (199-209).
Contents
Your luck journal -- SECTION ONE: INITIAL RESEARCH: The power of luck -- Lucky and unlucky lives -- SECTION TWO: THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF LUCK: Principle one: Maximize your chance opportunities -- Principle two: Listen to your lucky hunches -- Principle three: Expect good fortune -- Principle four: Turn bad luck into good -- SECTION THREE: CREATING LUCKIER LIVES: Luck school -- Learning to be lucky -- Graduation day.
ISBN
  • 0786869143
  • 9780786869145
  • 1401359418
  • 9781401359416
LCCN
2003284379
OCLC
  • ocm56683409
  • 56683409
  • SCSB-13567129
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries