"Let me be lucky!" you whisper to yourself while buying a pregnancy test or waiting for a call after an interview. But, according to psychologists, luck is in our hands. We studied the behavior of the lucky ones and found out what we should learn from these lucky people.
Why did Lenochka Ivanova get a dream job, a caring husband and a dress from the latest collection at a discount? And for me, fate was generous only for a cramped place in the office, an indecisive boyfriend and baggy trousers with pockets? - you ask yourself a question, once again encountering a lucky woman in an elevator. Because she is lucky, but I am not - you come to the usual conclusion and leave all attempts to change life for the better. But psychologists believe that the degree of luck is not determined higher powers birthday, but depends on our own thoughts and behavior. It turns out that luck can be developed as easily as abdominal muscles with a few simple exercises. Professor of Psychology Richard Weissman(University of Hertfordshire, UK) For 10 years, I studied the reactions of 400 lucky and unlucky people aged 18 to 84 to different situations and found that the most successful of us always follow a certain strategy. They notice and create happy opportunities, make the right decisions, listening to intuition, see everything that happens in life in a positive light and are not afraid of failure. The scientist asked unlucky people to behave like lucky people every day for a month. At the end of the experiment, 80% of the participants found that they were completely satisfied with their lives and could easily call themselves lucky people. So what should we learn from the luckiest of us in order to be infected by their fantastic luck?
Seize Opportunities
The lucky ones differ from the losers in that they often turn to intuition and trust it. Victoria(23), whom all acquaintances consider lucky, admits that at the moment when an urgent decision is required, she relaxes and listens to her inner feelings. “I don’t know why this happens,” says Vika, “I just very often do something intuitively, I feel: this is how I should do it, otherwise it’s not worth it ...” An inner voice prompted Vika: you need to return tickets and not go hiking kayaking with friends. As soon as she left the station building, it began to rain. The rain continued for two days, all this time the friends sat in the forest in tents and never once uncovered the oars. Gestalt therapist Anton Nesvitsky I am sure that developed intuition is the key to luck. Our mind is just a computer, it is not able to calculate all the options - it does not contain information about unrealistic options like a suitcase with dollars at the entrance to a supermarket. This can only "see" intuition. And bring your master in Right place. A unique openness helps the lucky ones to find a happy chance in a dense stream of weekdays similar to each other. They are always ready to use unexpected twists of fate in their own interests. Richard Weissman discovered this in a simple experiment. He asked the outright lucky ones and incorrigible losers to count how many photos were published in the newspaper. The unlucky participants spent two minutes on the task, and the lucky ones took a couple of seconds. The fact is that on the second page, Weissman posted an ad “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in the newspaper. It occupied half the page and was printed in letters five centimeters high. The unlucky ones just ignored him. Then the psychologist decided to test the emotional state of the participants and found that the lucky ones, unlike the losers, did not experience tension and anxiety. Namely, anxiety, according to psychologists, reduces the ability to notice the unexpected. “Why bother, because I’m usually lucky,” Vika agrees. - I remember that I had to fly home from Sochi urgently, five thousand were not enough for a ticket. I noticed a small pink piece of paper on the sidewalk and kicked it. And after a hundred meters inside something skipped a beat, and I returned. Turns out she missed the money. The bill was folded like an accordion, you'll never guess."
But the lucky ones not only find "happy opportunities under their feet", but also create them themselves. As Professor Weissman noted, they are less conservative and easily make adjustments to their lives, sometimes quite consciously. For example, a 33-year-old phenomenally successful investor who participated in the Weissman project admitted that he always changes the route from home to office before signing an important contract. A 29-year-old art director of an advertising agency Olga from time to time consciously expands the circle of communication. Before a conference or a party, she only interacts with people wearing certain colors. “I remember, on the eve of the gala reception in honor of the winners of the Cannes Lions, I decided that I would speak to women in red ballet flats. As a result, I met a dozen talented advertisers from all over the world.”
Know how to lose
The lucky ones fail at least as often as the losers, but they treat them differently. To understand the principle of the life of the lucky, Professor Weissman offers a simple exercise. Imagine that you became a member of the Russian bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympics and performed so well that your team won a bronze medal. How will you feel? Most of us would love to be on the podium. Now imagine that your team came second in this competition. Psychologists have found that athletes, being in third place, are happier than silver medalists. They understand that they could have been completely left without medals if they had performed a little worse. This is how optimists treat life, content with what they got from fate, they know: it could be much worse. Nastya(28) believes she was lucky in life: “Even in my early youth, I was hooked by the phrase “There are no bad and good things, it all depends on the point of view.” At first, I internally argued with this statement, but as I got older, I began to agree with it. And what is surprising is that since I stopped perceiving unforeseen events as a hindrance or failure, I have become much more lucky.” According to Nastya, one of her biggest successes was her dismissal. “A year ago, my position as a copywriter was laid off and I ended up on the street,” she recalls. - Not particularly upset and decided to give myself a break. In order not to be without money, I was engaged in freelancing, and soon one of the customers offered me a large and very profitable project. If I had not assessed the dismissal as a change for the better, I would still be sitting in some office and following the instructions of the tyrant boss. “We always have a choice: either we take responsibility for our lives, or we allow others to dispose of us,” explains the psychologist. Elena Marchevskaya. - Nastya took the dismissal as a challenge. She allowed herself to see the advantages of this situation and rely on them, was able to take the risk of going free swimming. All this led to success.” The positive attitude of optimists helps them see a happy chance in the most unexpected twists of fate. “I would say: self-confidence and self-reliance, first of all, allow the lucky ones to look at the world with optimism,” Marchevskaya continues. “They know how to cooperate, be punctual and honest. Internally, the lucky ones are sure: they can always find a way out of almost any difficult situation. This is what helps them achieve what others seem to be only pipe dreams.”
Be yourself
In addition to a certain strategy of behavior, all the lucky ones are united by confidence in what they are doing. Weissman's experiment proved that they are much less likely than unlucky people to doubt themselves. According to Mark of Sandomierz, candidate of medical sciences, psychotherapist of the European registry, we should try to develop this unique quality of lucky people in ourselves. “If optimism and sociability are largely innate qualities of successful people, then there is one path to success open to everyone,” says the psychotherapist. “To do this, you need to know your true desires.” Being honest with yourself is necessary to clearly distinguish between what you want and what is a script written for you.
We are not lucky exactly as long as we are trying to implement the programs imposed by others. For example, you were lucky enough to be born into a family of otolaryngologists, and since the eighth grade your parents have been silently waiting for you to make a choice in favor of one of the most humane professions. And in your wildest dreams you see yourself as the director of a dolphinarium. Acting under pressure, you will subconsciously choose the most unfortunate options: to prove to yourself and others that you are going the wrong way. And at best, you will become just a bad lore. Viewed from the outside, life Sasha turns out extremely well. Already at 25, she has a position as an economist in a large oil company, her own apartment in the center of Moscow and excellent prospects. But Sasha admits: she does not like the job that her father gave her. “It’s hard to imagine a more boring life than mine,” she complains.
Lucky people not only find happiness under their feet, but also create it themselves
A minus becomes a plus as soon as we find the strength to change direction. Alene(34) it took almost ten years to understand that she was moving in the wrong direction. "I have financial education- says Alena. - And my mother always said that an accountant is a sure piece of bread. I moved from one office to another, everywhere I had a good account, but I never made a career. When it came to promotion, my partner went to the position, and I was deprived of bonuses for some offensive, stupid mistakes. I was very worried about this and, apparently, on nervous ground I was constantly ill: the flu, a sore throat, a cold. I felt like the last loser. And four years ago I enrolled in a school of landscape design. Since childhood, I liked to study plants and draw. At the end of the course, I quickly found a job in an architectural bureau. At that moment, the streak of bad luck ended.
Richard Weissman is convinced that it is the ability to radically change lives that makes us truly successful people. The scientist advises you to imagine: you were offered to pick a basket of apples in the garden every day. If you enter it three days in a row along the same alley, the basket will fill up worse and worse. But as soon as you turn onto an unfamiliar path, you will stumble upon an unprecedented abundance of ripe fruits.
To work a lot
If you clearly know what you want, it’s real to lure luck - and no magic is required. “Often our will becomes a talisman,” explains the psychotherapist. Natalya Varskaya.— We purposefully achieve our goal, despite all obstacles and obstacles. And others may consider us the darlings of fortune, although in fact we create everything with our own hands. Moreover, work here means work on oneself, the development of the situation, the emergence opportunity. And the more you work, the higher the chances of success. Find out what they are for you by answering the test questions on page “So that luck accompanies undertakings, to know what you want, what is required for this, and be able to achieve this,” Varskaya warns. Many lucky people plan their actions perfectly. To paraphrase the classic: all happy people are equally happy, but each lucky person is lucky in his own way. For other people, the algorithm of luck is sociability, someone puts on intuition and performance. The main thing is that the code of luck is embedded in ourselves. You just have to make the effort to read it.
You can develop luck, like the muscles of the press, with the help of exercises.
Lucky Code
Psychologist Richard Weissman In 2003, he published the book "The Luck Factor" (Richard Wiseman "The Luck Factor"), in which he gave detailed instructions for attracting luck. If you want it to accompany you always and in everything, remember short text and repeat it at the beginning of the day:
- I use any chance to attract good luck. I constantly expand my social circle and keep in touch with old friends, I love everything new and I am not afraid of change.
- I I trust my inner voice. I constantly listen to him and often act on his prompting.
- I'm absolutely sure: I should be lucky; undertakings will be crowned with success, and others are always ready to help.
- Even failure I am capable of turn into success I learn from mistakes, both mine and others.
catch luck
Fortune's favorites know how to ask life for the most necessary things. They win because they correctly formulate the request. To help you "Algorithm of luck" psychologist Elena Marchevskaya:
- Imagine what your luck looks like. What does this concept mean to you. What needs do you want to satisfy? Write them down. Now decide what you are going to do about it.
- Appreciate the merit. Describe your strengths. Identify people from your environment who can support you in achieving your goal.
- Look for inspiration. Think about what inspires you to achieve your goal (an idea, maybe a spiritual teaching).
Enable inner voice
Anton Nesvitsky, psychotherapist Weigh. To access intuition, turn off logic. Before you make an important decision, imagine a scale, put solution A on the right bowl, B on the left. And just wait for one of the bowls to crawl down.
- Switch off. Concentrate your eyes on any pleasant object: a candle, a glass ball. The main thing at this moment is not to scroll for the hundredth time in your head: “if this follows from this, it turns out that ...”
- Draw. Take a piece of paper and draw the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe the picture will give you a clue.
- Feel yourself. Listen to your body. You may suddenly want to go to the right instead of straight, or make an unexpected gesture - and thus solve a difficult situation.
See your true desires
Annetta Orlova, psychologist, sociologist, writer:
First you need to understand what state brings you joy, peace. Remember the situation, the relationship that was most comfortable for you. This is the sense of self that is worth striving for. Now check your desire "for ecology." To do this, evaluate the inner feelings while making a wish. If you feel some kind of inner discomfort (fear, self-doubt), you should think about what you really want. If the desire is true, at the thought of it you will feel joy.
Learn to take responsibility for your actions
Good luck loves those who know how to be responsible for their actions and set the right goals. Elena Afinogenova, psychotherapist:
- Think about what result you want to achieve. Luck does not like dreamers. Your goal must be specific. For example, “I want to be lucky on my exam” is a very abstract goal. “I want to get a four” is a specific goal.
- Don't lie to yourself. Don't blame your failures on the actions of others. Realizing that you miscalculated somewhere will help you avoid mistakes in the future.
- Remember, luck has back side- failure. Do not be offended by life if something goes wrong. After all, victory often begins with defeat.
What to read
Vladimir Levy
"Car of luck." The author of the book is a doctor, psychologist, doctor of medical and psychological sciences, a psychotherapist with many years of experience. The book "Wagon of Good Luck" is a kind of instruction for controlling fate. Levy tells in a fascinating way how to avoid failures, overcome them, find and "properly use" your luck and luck, and, no matter what, become a happy person.
Mikhail Litvak
"I am the algorithm of luck." Audiobook (recording of a seminar) by a famous psychotherapist, corresponding member Russian Academy Natural Sciences is devoted to the psychology of luck. “I am the algorithm of luck” is a practical guide for those who dream of achieving success in a variety of areas. The author analyzes life situations and using their examples talks about existing techniques for self-improvement and attracting good luck.
"People who play games". The author believes that a lucky person differs from a loser in that he knows what to do in case of a loss, but does not talk about it. And the loser has no idea what to do if failure comes, but constantly talks about what he will do if he wins. “It is enough to listen to such a conversation for just a few minutes to understand which of the interlocutors is the winner and which is the loser.
Maria Krieger, Natalia Mineeva
Photo: Fotobank(4), East News(1)
Many of you have probably seen the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button on the start page of the Google search engine. But few people know what this button is and why it is needed. And some didn't even know it existed.
This button first appeared in 1998, in English version it sounds like I'm Feeling Lucky. Its function was to instantly transfer the user to the first site in the search results for the query of interest, bypassing the display of the search results itself. There are three versions of her appearance:
- The first one is the most romantic. It shows the "humanity" of the company, which allows the user to immediately get the result without displaying promotional materials.
- The second is the most pragmatic. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin also claim this version. The button symbolizes the perfection of the search from the company and the confidence that in the first position of the issue, where the button leads, there will be a page that fully answers the query.
- The third one is the most practical. In 1998, the Internet was slow and expensive enough that the company took a step towards the user so that he could save time and money when searching for an answer to a query.
We will not know which one is more correct, so we will assume that all three versions together became the reason for the appearance of the button.
Decrease in profit due to the button
Much later, already in 2007, Google calculated that the company's annual losses due to the presence of this button were about $110 million. The thing is, using the button skips the search results, where the most expensive paid ads are placed, which 1% of users using the “I'm Feeling Lucky” button will never click on.
Remove button from start page it would be too radical a step that users would not like. And to leave her meant to suffer further losses. But everything was decided very unexpectedly.
Loss of original button function
With the advent of "live issue" the button has completely lost its functionality. Instant search appeared in 2011 and displayed results already in the process of writing a search query. Now there was no need to click on the "Find" or "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. At one time, these buttons were displayed in search suggestions, but they were soon removed, since when they were pressed, a search was performed for an incomplete search phrase.
Displaying the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button in search suggestions in 2011.
The further fate of the button
With the original feature gone, I'm Feeling Lucky needed a new one. And she was found. At the same time, Google was actively launching and promoting its services, so the button randomly redirected to one of them.
The functionality included:
- I'm Feeling Playful - a portal of simple flash games;
- I'm Feeling Artistic - a project to digitize art objects and create virtual galleries;
- I'm Feeling Hungry - a list of restaurants and food establishments depending on the geolocation of the user. In the Russian-speaking segment, a button of this type was not available.
- I'm Feeling Stellar - part of the project Google Earth, which displayed images from the Hubble telescope.
- I'm Feeling Trendy - let the user know last news and stay up to date.
- I'm Feeling Doodly - a collection of doodles - Google logos dedicated to an event.
I'm Feeling Lucky Today Button
In 2013, a global purge of services began, which the company considered irrelevant or unprofitable. Therefore, most of the functions of the button are lost again. Today, when you click on it, you can only get into a gallery of doodles, including both logos with the possibility of interactivity, and just pictures that are dedicated to some historical event. Whether "I'm Feeling Lucky" has a future can only be shown by time.
I decided what to do with the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. They didn't eliminate it (such rumors circulated at one time), instead it received additional functions. The goal is to inform users about various Google projects.
When the user moves the mouse over it, the label starts scrolling and randomly displays one of various options. The I "m Feeling Hungry (I'm hungry) button may come across. If you click on it, the search engine will display the addresses of the nearest restaurants.
In case "I"m Feeling Stellar" falls out (I feel the stars), search system will automatically switch the user to the image view mode with starry sky, or send to the presentation of the Hubble telescope.
I "m Feeling Artistic (I feel art) will translate into a Google art project that allows you to take a walk through the world's museums and see exhibits online (the same technology is used as when compiling street galleries).
I "m feeling puzzled (I feel puzzled) will be sent to a quiz from Google, which asks questions that the user needs to find the answer in the search engine as soon as possible.
I "m feeling Playful (I feel playful) will allow you to play mini-games embedded in the Google logo.
I "m feeling Doodle (I feel doodles) will translate into viewing various interesting options for the company logo.
I "m feeling trendy (I feel fashionable) will allow you to see the ratings of various people by the number of requests to the search engine.
And finally, I "m Feeling Wonderful (I feel wonderful) will help you admire various wonders of the world on Google panoramas.
Google has found a simple and unobtrusive way to introduce users to their services. It's no secret that many do not even suspect that the resource has something important, except for the search box. It is possible that with this elegant solution, Google will give its additional services a boost to the development.
Unfortunately, the new function has not yet been implemented in the Russian version of the search engine. You can test the "chip" from Google yourself only in
- I'm lucky!
Says the soldier, leaving for the front.
“I’ll be lucky,” the card player consoles himself, mortgaging his house.
“I’m lucky,” you say, refusing the binary system of mental analysis of variable events!
OK. Let it be not you, but someone else. But he who refuses the system hopes for a chance. And the fact that this case will happen in his favor. Absurd?
Well, let's do an experiment.
What is the probability of being struck by lightning if you go out into an open field during a thunderstorm? Low. But since it is, you will not take risks.
What is the probability of a gas explosion? Not high, but you will check again, just in case, that you did not leave the gas stove turned on.
But when it comes to gambling or trading on the stock exchange, most people think that they will be lucky. However…
That is why the casino and the exchange make very good money on this majority!
Do you want to be a source of income for them?
But there is another category of people. These are the so-called "saints", who are sure that they will never be affected by a negative situation at all. After all, they lead a righteous life. Therefore, in Heaven they are in a special account and on their way the angels wipe the dust and remove the smallest obstacles.
This means that they will never have an extreme situation in their lives when they will have to take risks in order to save their loved ones or themselves!
I personally know such "saints" who buy plugs so as not to wear a seat belt. What are they hoping for? For the same luck. They believe that they drive a car just awesome, and a guardian angel protects them from fools on the road. Those. they completely exclude the possibility of their own mistakes and the presence of unpredictable events on the road. And they believe that it is they who will bypass everything.
Only such people forget where they are. It's time to feel your physical body and understand that you are on Earth. So, you study in the school of life!
This is a brutal school where the fittest survive. This is necessary in order to educate in a person: a warrior, a master, an enlightened one! Only then does the soul acquire the fullness of consciousness and can no longer return to this school of cruelty.
I am often asked: "Why is it very rare to find mages above level 3 and almost impossible - above 5th?"
To which I usually answer that the state of a warrior is already enough to get out of the chain of earthly rebirths and move on to more high level. And "Mage Warrior" is the third level.
The fourth level is the "Mage Master", and the fifth is the "Enlightened Mage". Above level 5, there is no point in staying on Earth. And rarely does anyone deliberately stay, moving on.
It makes sense to stay only for those who have a special mission on Earth, or simply have some kind of sports interest. Those. I want to test the limits of my capabilities without going beyond earthly existence. But this is a completely different story, which we can talk about more if you say that you this topic interesting.
Today I am talking about the fact that only materialists cannot control randomness. And to hope for constant luck just because you are handsome ... Well, you understand: I don’t want to offend anyone.
In fact, you need to learn how to manage probabilistic events, and for this I offer a very effective simulator in the form of a game system, and a platform in the form of a casino or stock exchange. It will allow you to most often be on the crest of a wave of luck and learn real luck, and not the illusion that we see around.
Tomorrow is the last day of enrollment for the webinar and the course "Binary system for mental analysis of variable events in gambling and on the stock exchange." Also, somewhere in a year, the price for it will increase to $ 800, because. at that time it will already be: a printed book has been published, the topic has been popularized, feedback from students has been received, the system itself has been finalized, a webinar has been held, etc.
Today, you still have the opportunity to get a course at a comparatively cheap price of $40. If you are interested, then write about it at the link:
Or email support.
I advise you to hurry, because. Tomorrow is the last day for enrollment.
Vladimir Iosipenko, owner
"International School of Higher Magic"
