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"Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work -- and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't." --Lucille Ball

Did you achieve what you have today as a result of luck? According to Forbes Magazine, in a poll of the 400 richest people in the world, none of them believed luck was responsible in their acquiring their wealth though a small percentage believed it was a minor factor.

There's always winning the lottery, right? That's incredibly lucky. In fact, it's all luck. Or you could receive a large inheritance by a wealthy, long lost relative, but odds are, if you're a student of mine, you've worked hard to get where you are. I'm sure of that. I'm sure you've put intention, energy and thought into where you are in life.

All that said, however, I believe wholeheartedly in the power of attracting what you want. I believe I am lucky. I wouldn't say all of what I've achieved in life is a result of luck, by any stretch of the imagination, but I would say that I have noticed an increase in luck as I have begun to pay attention to it's benefits and presence in my life. It's like anything else, the more we use it, the more we enhance it, the more of it we will receive.

Richard Wiseman is the head of the psychology department at the University of Hertfordshire in England. For the past eight years he has studied what makes some people lucky and others not. Wiseman believes after performing thousands of interviews and experiments that he has figured out the key to being lucky. Guess what the key is? It's the same theory behind the law of attraction.

People who are lucky, at their very core, think and behave in ways that draw more luck and good fortune into their lives. This is exactly the same process behind people who consider themselves to be money magnets or freak magnets. Both are pulling, whether consciously or subconsciously, these elements into their lives.

Playwright Tennessee Williams said it best, "Luck is believing you're lucky."

The bible says, as you sow, so shall you reap. In other words, your thoughts, feelings, intentions, deeds, and expectations, whether they be good or bad, will repay you in kind. Have you ever heard anyone say, "I've never won anything. I'm simply not lucky"? This will remain the case because this person has made this state of mind their expectation.

I've heard many people say, "I've always been unlucky in love." Are they ever going to find that elusive love connection? No. Because their thoughts are not in congruity with what they want.

I cam across a great blog while I was doing some research on luck -- "How to Be Lucky" at http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/03/14/how-to-be-lucky/. There's some really valuable pointers on how to increase your luck (ironically or not given as a list of 13 factors).

If you've never considered yourself lucky, it's time to reorient your thoughts to draw that to your life.

About the Author

Kenrick Cleveland teaches techniques to earn the business of affluent prospects using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion techniques.

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