The Luck Factor is a book written by Dr.

Richard Wiseman, a professor of the Public

Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. His book, The Luck
Factor consists four major parts with a total of ten chapters. This book is about understanding
luck and how you can create more of it.
Dr. Wiseman has spent over a decade conducting interviews and research on luck and lucky people and
suggests an alternative way of looking at luck. He believes that there is a luck “factor” and that you can use
simple techniques to increase your luck confidence and success in your life.
Chapter 1: The Power of Luck
In this first chapter, Dr. Wiseman suggests that luck plays a huge part in our lives and luck also impacts the
results we get in life. A simple incident can detail a plan and all your effort will be wasted. And luck also
influences an unplanned event across your life. The interesting part is that Dr. Wiseman suggests his research
has revealed that outcomes may not be the chance events they seem to be and he explains in the rest of the
chapters.
Chapter 2: Lucky and Unlucky Lives
In this chapter, Dr. Wiseman reviewed hundreds of lives and he discovered that there are four key differences
between lucky and unlucky people. And they are:
 Lucky people constantly encounter opportunities. Unlucky people seldom have these opportunities.
 Lucky people make a good decision without truly understanding why. Unlucky people tend to make
more wrong decisions that ended with failure.
Lucky people’s dreams able to come true in an uncanny way. Unlucky people usually fail to achieve
their dreams.
 Luck people have the ability to turn bad luck into good luck, but for unlucky people, their luck seems to
remain the same.
Chapter 3: Principle 1 – Maximize Your Chance Opportunities
In chapter three, Dr. Wiseman writes that lucky people build and maintain a strong ‘network of luck’, which
means to say that people can become lucky by increasing the number of interactions that they make. And that
lucky people are open to new experiences. When you are open to receive whatever that comes to you, you are
allowing opportunities to enter into your life too.
Book Summary: The Luck Factor: The Scientific Study of the Lucky Mind
by Team The WisdomPost & Sophia in The Luck Factor
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The Luck Factor is a book written by Dr. Richard Wiseman, a professor of the Public Understanding of
Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. His book, The Luck Factor consists four major parts
with a total of ten chapters. This book is about understanding luck and how you can create more of it.
Contents
 Chapter 1: The Power of Luck
 Chapter 2: Lucky and Unlucky Lives
 Chapter 3: Principle 1 – Maximize Your Chance Opportunities
 Chapter 4: Principle 2 – Listen to Your Lucky Hunches
  Chapter 5: Principle 3 – Expect Good Fortune
 Chapter 6: Principle 4 – Turn Your Bad Luck into Good
 Chapter 7: Luck School
 Chapter 8: Learning to be Lucky
 Chapter 9: Graduation Day
 Chapter 10: Beyond the Luck Factor
Dr. Wiseman has spent over a decade conducting interviews and research on luck and lucky people and
suggests an alternative way of looking at luck. He believes that there is a luck “factor” and that you can use
simple techniques to increase your luck confidence and success in your life.
Chapter 1: The Power of Luck
In this first chapter, Dr. Wiseman suggests that luck plays a huge part in our lives and luck also impacts the
results we get in life. A simple incident can detail a plan and all your effort will be wasted. And luck also
influences an unplanned event across your life. The interesting part is that Dr. Wiseman suggests his research
has revealed that outcomes may not be the chance events they seem to be and he explains in the rest of the
chapters.
Chapter 2: Lucky and Unlucky Lives
In this chapter, Dr. Wiseman reviewed hundreds of lives and he discovered that there are four key differences
between lucky and unlucky people. And they are:
 Lucky people constantly encounter opportunities. Unlucky people seldom have these opportunities.
 Lucky people make a good decision without truly understanding why. Unlucky people tend to make
more wrong decisions that ended with failure.
Lucky people’s dreams able to come true in an uncanny way. Unlucky people usually fail to achieve
their dreams.
 Luck people have the ability to turn bad luck into good luck, but for unlucky people, their luck seems to
remain the same.
Chapter 3: Principle 1 – Maximize Your Chance Opportunities
In chapter three, Dr. Wiseman writes that lucky people build and maintain a strong ‘network of luck’, which
means to say that people can become lucky by increasing the number of interactions that they make. And that
lucky people are open to new experiences. When you are open to receive whatever that comes to you, you are
allowing opportunities to enter into your life too.
Chapter 4: Principle 2 – Listen to Your Lucky Hunches
The author says that lucky people believe and listen to their gut feelings. Your intuition plays an important role
in giving you direction in many situations. And Dr. Wiseman also writes that you can learn how to boost your
intuition by assessing how well it has paid off and by learning from your previous experiences.
Chapter 5: Principle 3 – Expect Good Fortune
According to Dr. Wiseman, lucky people tend to expect that their luck will continue and they expect everything
that they do will turn out good. He also says that luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. When you
expect opportunities, you will often focus on them, which will eventually lead you to find them.
Chapter 6: Principle 4 – Turn Your Bad Luck into Good
Book Summary: The Luck Factor: The Scientific Study of the Lucky Mind
by Team The WisdomPost & Sophia in The Luck Factor

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The Luck Factor is a book written by Dr. Richard Wiseman, a professor of the Public Understanding of
Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. His book, The Luck Factor consists four major parts
with a total of ten chapters. This book is about understanding luck and how you can create more of it.
Contents
 Chapter 1: The Power of Luck
  Chapter 2: Lucky and Unlucky Lives
 Chapter 3: Principle 1 – Maximize Your Chance Opportunities
 Chapter 4: Principle 2 – Listen to Your Lucky Hunches
 Chapter 5: Principle 3 – Expect Good Fortune
 Chapter 6: Principle 4 – Turn Your Bad Luck into Good
 Chapter 7: Luck School
 Chapter 8: Learning to be Lucky
 Chapter 9: Graduation Day
 Chapter 10: Beyond the Luck Factor
Dr. Wiseman has spent over a decade conducting interviews and research on luck and lucky people and
suggests an alternative way of looking at luck. He believes that there is a luck “factor” and that you can use
simple techniques to increase your luck confidence and success in your life.
Chapter 1: The Power of Luck
In this first chapter, Dr. Wiseman suggests that luck plays a huge part in our lives and luck also impacts the
results we get in life. A simple incident can detail a plan and all your effort will be wasted. And luck also
influences an unplanned event across your life. The interesting part is that Dr. Wiseman suggests his research
has revealed that outcomes may not be the chance events they seem to be and he explains in the rest of the
chapters.
Chapter 2: Lucky and Unlucky Lives
In this chapter, Dr. Wiseman reviewed hundreds of lives and he discovered that there are four key differences
between lucky and unlucky people. And they are:
 Lucky people constantly encounter opportunities. Unlucky people seldom have these opportunities.
 Lucky people make a good decision without truly understanding why. Unlucky people tend to make
more wrong decisions that ended with failure.
Lucky people’s dreams able to come true in an uncanny way. Unlucky people usually fail to achieve
their dreams.
 Luck people have the ability to turn bad luck into good luck, but for unlucky people, their luck seems to
remain the same.
Chapter 3: Principle 1 – Maximize Your Chance Opportunities
In chapter three, Dr. Wiseman writes that lucky people build and maintain a strong ‘network of luck’, which
means to say that people can become lucky by increasing the number of interactions that they make. And that
lucky people are open to new experiences. When you are open to receive whatever that comes to you, you are
allowing opportunities to enter into your life too.
Chapter 4: Principle 2 – Listen to Your Lucky Hunches
The author says that lucky people believe and listen to their gut feelings. Your intuition plays an important role
in giving you direction in many situations. And Dr. Wiseman also writes that you can learn how to boost your
intuition by assessing how well it has paid off and by learning from your previous experiences.
Chapter 5: Principle 3 – Expect Good Fortune
According to Dr. Wiseman, lucky people tend to expect that their luck will continue and they expect everything
that they do will turn out good. He also says that luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. When you
expect opportunities, you will often focus on them, which will eventually lead you to find them.
Chapter 6: Principle 4 – Turn Your Bad Luck into Good
In this final principle, Dr. Wiseman talks about how lucky people see the positive of their bad luck. And lucky
people believe that any ill fortune or problems will turn out to be the best in the long run. When you treat bad
luck purely as feedback, you can learn from the situation and move on to a better future. Perhaps, the best
description for this is “the harder you work, the luckier you get”.
Chapter 7: Luck School
In this chapter, Dr. Wiseman writes that it is possible to train yourself to be lucky by using a set of simple
techniques and exercises. And this is what you will learn throughout this book and all the techniques have been
summarized in chapter eight according to the four principles mentioned by Dr. Wiseman.
Chapter 8: Learning to be Lucky
Principle 1
You can maximize and boost your luck by building and maintaining a strong network of luck. When you
increase your attempts, you will become better at it and thus, become luckier. Plus, practice a relaxed attitude of
life and open to new experience and always expose yourself to new things.
Principle 2
You have to believe in your gut instinct and follow your intuition. Sometimes facts and figures may show you
otherwise, but never to forget that it is your gut feeling that has brought you this far. And lucky people will
build their intuition by being calm and listening to their inner voices.
Principle 3
If you want to have good luck, you must first expect it and choose to persevere in the hard times because luck is
on your side. The better you prepare yourself for what is coming, the better you can seize the opportunity when
it arrives.
Principle 4
Lucky people believe that every cloud has a silver lining and they do not dwell on problems and ill fortune.
They choose to let go of the past and focus on the future.
Chapter 9: Graduation Day
Dr. Wiseman writes about case studies of people who have used and applied the techniques and principles
presented in this book and he also shows their results. Dr. Wiseman shows that those who practiced the
techniques in this book tend to show significant improvement in their lives. Although some case studies have
differing results, the assessment criteria show that there is a huge improvement in the quality of each
individual’s life. He also says that even if you do not become luckier after implementing these techniques, they
are still a set of better values and mindset to adopt.
Chapter 10: Beyond the Luck Factor
In this final chapter, Dr. Wiseman continues with his research about lucky and unlucky people. And he also
shares his website for more information and how one can further study to get lucky.