Taken from The Guardian:

In his book, The Luck Factor, published today, he describes "luck school" - a series of exercises to help people improve their luck, which are supported by experimentation and data. Dr Wiseman, a former magician who has published books on lying, ghosts and unmasking psychics, said:

"This is the first extensive research into luck. It shows that luck is vitally important for our success and happiness and presents people with opportunities to experience more good fortune in their lives."

Based on his studies, including psychometric questionnaires, laboratory experiments and extensive interviewing, he has set out four principles that characterise lucky people:

· Maximise chance opportunities.

Lucky people are skilled at:

Creating

Noticing

Acting upon chance opportunities.

They do this in various ways, including networking, adopting a relaxed attitude to life and by being open to new experiences

· Listening to lucky hunches

Lucky people make effective decisions by listening to their intuition and gut feelings.

In addition, they take steps to actively boost their intuitive abilities by, for example, meditating and clearing their mind of other thoughts

· Expect good fortune

Lucky people are certain that the future is going to be full of good fortune.

These expectations become self-fulfilling prophecies by helping lucky people persist in the face of failure, and shape their interactions with others in a positive way

· Turn bad luck to good

Lucky people employ various psychological techniques to cope with, and often even thrive upon, the ill fortune that comes their way.

For example, they spontaneously imagine how things could have been worse, do not dwell on the ill fortune and take control of the situation.