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August 15, 2014

Strange But True!

Q. Is there anything you can do to improve your luck?

A. You can forget about influencing the outcomes of truly chance-based events, like coin tosses or lottery draws, says Oliver Burkeman in Mental Floss magazine. And as suggested by research psychologists Gabriele Oettingen and Doris Mayer, the more people fantasize about, say, getting a great job, the less money they tend to earn. “Perhaps this is because fantasy replaces effort that could get them ahead in the real world. Similarly, people who positively fantasize more about romance are less likely to ask out potential partners on actual dates.”


 
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