The Physics of Luck

Summary: Do you know someone who always seems to have good luck? It turns out, luck might not be magic or random chance. Psychologists studied lucky and unlucky people and found that "lucky" people don't actually have better things happen to them by accident. Instead, they just pay more attention to the world around them.

When you stop living on autopilot and start noticing things, you see opportunities that were always there. It is a lot like deciding you want a green car and suddenly seeing green cars everywhere! Your brain filters what is important to you. Even in quantum physics, things exist as just possibilities until someone observes them. So, if you want to be luckier, start paying attention to the new possibilities right in front of you.

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