Чувак решил исследовать, что отличает людей "везучих" от "невезучих" (*)

Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn - Telegraph

To launch my study, I placed advertisements in national newspapers and magazines, asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me. Over the years, 400 extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research from all walks of life: the youngest is an 18-year-old student, the oldest an 84-year-old retired accountant.
Любопытные наблюдения:

I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs, whereas the lucky people took just seconds. Why? Because the second page of the newspaper contained the message: "Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper." This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than 2in high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.
Теперь вот учит людей жить.

In the wake of these studies, I think there are three easy techniques that can help to maximise good fortune:
(*) приобрести навык "выигрывать в лотерею" скорее всего нельзя. А вот стать более удачливым "по жизни" (по части работы-карьеры-личной жизни и т.п.) - скорее всего все-таки можно.