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Recent studies have shown us that to a greater extent people do, indeed, create their own luck. There will always be situations which occur which are out of our control and in-which we face difficulties and setbacks. However, it is the way in-which we handle these events, and how we respond, which can effect how lucky we feel and which may lead to a more positive outcome.

Most of us will have heard of the expression which talks of a glass being either half full, or half empty. The positive person who is more likely to view themselves as being lucky will always see the glass as being half full. Whereas the person who sees the glass as half empty will view a situation or experience based upon its negative aspects.

You may well wonder though, how it is that some people seem to have wonderful life choices and events simply thrown their way out of the blue. Apparently, it may be because they automatically see new opportunities and act on them, while the more negative amongst us don't even see opportunities when they are right infront of us.

In one study people were shown a newspaper which they were to read which had a great, positive opportunity offered to them in a small advertisement. The results showed that only the positive, glass half full people, even saw the advertisement. The glass half empty people, of course, just folded up their newspaper after reading it and were unaware that they had missed a great opportunity.

It would seem that inorder to have good luck we need to be open to receiving it. Not only that, but we need also to be prepared to act upon it. If the people in the study who had spotted the small advertisement didn't bother to respond to it then they didn't benefit from having seen it any more than the negative people.

When-ever I suggest that we make our own luck to cynical folk they usually try to out-wit me, to prove their point which is the opposite view to mine, by saying, ''how do you explain lottery winners then!'' My retort usually is to remind them that the lottery winners thought of purchasing a ticket as they saw the opportunity to possibly win some money. They then acted on this and purchased a ticket. They then thought positively enough about it to actually check their ticket to see if they had won. Then they cashed in their ticket.

Luck is a proactive endeavor which requires belief, a positive attitude and often times, action inorder to set the wheels of good fortune in motion.

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