| Anyone can learn the secrets of how to get | | | | explanation: When you acknowledge the luck you |
| lucky. Here is one of the simplest techniques. | | | | have, and you start looking for more, you create |
| Do you want to get lucky? Actually, there are | | | | a certain frame of mind - one that helps you take |
| many very specific techniques for generating luck | | | | advantage of opportunities you might otherwise |
| in your life, many based on important research | | | | not recognize. You are instructing your reticular |
| that has been done in the last twenty years. One | | | | cortex to let information about potential |
| of the simplest ways to get lucky is to just start | | | | opportunities rise to a conscious level. |
| looking for good luck. | | | | For example, suppose a friend mentions that a |
| You have probably noticed that if you start | | | | furniture store is going out of business. Normally, |
| looking to buy a car of a certain type, they are | | | | you might think nothing of it. But because you |
| suddenly all over. They were there before, but | | | | have been counting your blessings and looking for |
| now you are seeing them, because you are | | | | more examples of your good luck, your mind is |
| looking. More specifically, it is due to your reticular | | | | thinking "Hmm, how could this be an opportunity?" |
| cortex. This small organ in the brain directs | | | | Then it occurs to you that the company you |
| incoming stimulus to your conscious or | | | | work for has been considering getting a several |
| unconscious mind. If you are looking for a type of | | | | new desks, and that they are on sale for 60% |
| car, it helps you out by letting you be more | | | | off at this store. You tell your boss. The company |
| consciously aware of those cars. | | | | saves hundreds of dollars, the boss is impressed |
| This "gatekeeper" of the mind works in any area | | | | by how you took the initiative, and he gives you |
| you choose. If you start looking for luck, it will | | | | a raise. You get lucky. |
| help you find it. It helps you "tune into" | | | | Noticing how lucky you are, even in small ways, |
| opportunity once you have decided that this is | | | | makes the possibility of good luck more real to |
| important. The simplest way to activate this is to | | | | you. This gets you watching, and the watching |
| start counting the ways you are already lucky. | | | | gets you thinking, "How is this lucky for me? Can |
| Soon you'll have even more luck. | | | | I do something beneficial with this situation? You'll |
| Why Not Get Lucky Today? | | | | notice is that you feel better if you try this, and |
| There are those who will tell you that God or the | | | | you'll see results. Gratitude is good for you, and it |
| universe brings luck into your life once there's | | | | won't be your imagination when you start to get |
| gratitude in your heart. This actually describes the | | | | lucky. |
| process pretty well, but here is a less spiritual | | | | |