According to extensive research conducted by Dr. Richard Wiseman:
Lucky people's expectations of winning were more than twice that of unlucky people.
Lucky people are much more often extroverted as opposed to introverted. Lucky people meet large numbers of people, behave in ways likely to attract other people to them (signaling and body language), and keep in contact with people.
Lucky people are open to new experiences in their lives. Lucky people create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives.
Lucky people make successful decisions by using their intuition and gut feelings.
Lucky people take steps to boost their intuition. These include a range of methods, such as clearing one's mind of other thoughts, meditation, finding a quiet place, and being contemplative.
Lucky people expect their good luck to continue in the future. Unlucky people have a lot of anxiety about the future. This affect's the body's immune system and can lower defenses against illness. According to an article in the British Medical Journal, Chinese and Japanese Americans have a 7% greater death rate from chronic heart disease on the fourth day of the month. There was no such peak in the deaths of white Americans. Since both Chinese and Japanese regard the number four as unlucky, the researchers concluded that cardiac mortality increases on psychologically stressful occasions. They named the effect after Charles Baskerville, a character in the Arthur Conan Doyle story The Hound of the Baskervilles, who suffers a fatal heart attack from extreme psychological stress.
Lucky people attempt to achieve their goals, even if their chances of success seem slim, and persevere in the face of failure.
Lucky people are convinced that any ill fortune in their lives will--in the long run--work out for the best. Lucky people do not dwell on their ill fortune. They do not blame others for their misfortunes. They always think about ways they can improve themselves or act differently in the same kinds of situations that got them into trouble. They are energized by their failures. The key to success is to channel the energy of disappointment or anger into productive ventures. When successful people are wronged by others, they direct their rage in a direction that will make them more successful and are driven by the statement that "The best revenge is living well."
