[error99]

So tell me punk, do you feel lucky?

[qvack]

And then again, some people are, well, just lucky.

[Mark]

Psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman spent 10 years looking for the elusive "luck factor" ....

Oh, B.S.! He just got lucky.

[TightSqueeze]

How do you spell LUCK, I'll tell you J-E-T-S!

Gimmie a J

Gimmie a E

Gimmie a T

Gimmie a S

Whats that Spell! JETS!

Whats that Spell! JETS!

[onedoug]

Attitude and experience enhance the odds. Statistics are real.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

What this research is about is the difference between prosperous and impoverished people. "Luck" has nothing to do with it. Prosperous people are not better off than poor people because they are "lucky", but because they have the bundle of skills and attitudes that enables them to make the most of their opportunities.

Now being born with a horrible deformity or good looks, or into a poor or rich family, now that IS mainly a matter of luck. And obviously, such has consequences that follow one throughout life. But there are also plenty of examples of people who rise above misfortune and really make something remarkable of themselves and their lives. There are also plenty of beautiful people from rich families that have made nothing but a mess of their lives.

[cricket]

"Psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman spent 10 years looking for the elusive "luck factor" and trying to understand the psychology behind good fortune."

. . .reminds me of the Wizard of Oz and all our friends, Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Lion and the Scarecrow heading down the Yellow Brick Road. . .

Trying to figure what Dr. Wiseman really expected to find, and where. . .

[smoking camels]

interesting. I agree.