Try Your Luck
Just supply your gut response to the ten scenarios below, each one cropped from Richard Wiseman’s fascinating book - The Luck Factor (Arrow Books, 2004).
Because luck you’ll discover is as much attitude as a bouncing roulette ball. The mystic power, asserts Professor Wiseman, is less mystic as a cocktail of confidence, optimism and resilience, with a bit of luck thrown in.
Anyhow, onto the lifestyle quiz. Answer each proposal within the range of 1-5, where 1 = strongly disagree….and 5=strongly agree. Next, add up you scores, and take your “lucky number” to the Freelance yarn on your right, simply named Luck.
- I sometimes chat to strangers when queuing.
- I don’t tend to worry about life.
- I try new foods, drinks, experiences.
- I often listen to my gut feelings.
- I have tried to meditate or visit quiet places.
- I try to get what I want form life, even if the chances seem slim.
- I expect good things to happen to me in the future.
- Most people find me friendly or helpful.
- I look on the bright side.
- I don’t dwell too much on past things that haven’t worked out.
Done your tally? In case you haven’t intuited, the higher your score, the luckier you stand to be. To learn why - and how these numbers apply to fair fortune - click on the Luck story in the Freelance column. And break a leg.