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Barnaby Marsh,Janice Kaplan

How Luck Happens

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New York Times bestselling author Janice Kaplan examines the phenomenon of luck—and discovers the exciting ways you can boost your chances and set yourself up to get lucky in everyday life.
After spending a year researching and experiencing gratitude for The Gratitude Diaries, Janice Kaplan is back to tackle another big, mysterious influence in all our lives: luck. And this time she's joined on her journey by coauthor Dr. Barnaby Marsh, a renowned academic who guides her exploration.
Together they look at the factors that led a young struggling Harrison Ford to a chance encounter with fledgling director George Lucas, and they find out what distinguishes luck from pure randomness. They discover that much of what we call luck is really under our control, and they reveal the simple techniques to create luck in love and marriage, business and career, health, happiness, and family relationships. Using original research and fascinating…
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    The connection to the great inventor Thomas Edison—the guy who said that genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration
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    British biologists P. M. Driver and D. A. Humphries spent three decades studying animal behavior and figured out that doing the unexpected is one of the best survival skills around.
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      The luckiest and most successful people often look like they’re taking risks, but they always have a floor under them so they can’t fall too far,” Barnaby said. “I hear that again and again from people who have made fortunes. Instead of risking everything, they make their luck by seeing what others don’t and capturing opportunity.”
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