The Sure-Fire Way To Be Luckier In Life - Advice From Psychology Professor Richard Wiseman who is a Magician

Psychologist and Magician Richard Wiseman talks about what we can do in order to become more lucky (plus many other interesting things).

Prof. Wiseman has written several book on psychology and is well known in the magic world due to his channel

Most of us tend to believe that luck is this omnipotent force beyond our control, but the reality is we can actually manufacture luck and increase our chances of lucky events happening to us. My guest this week is Psychology Professor Richard Wiseman who has published over 100 academic papers and countless books examining the psychology of magic and illusion, deception, luck and self-development. In the conversation we delve into all of these quirky areas of psychology, discussing the findings of Richard’s ten-year scientific study into the nature of luck, the power of the ‘As If’ principle, magic and much more. 00:00 Intro 1:57 Getting into psychology 8:05 The psychology of luck 13:10 How can you test something like luck? 19:29 How lucky journals change your self perception 20:50 The problem with reduce self-help to a cliché 22:00 Ali’s book writing struggle 28:08 Why we shouldn’t care about goals 30:20 The balance between passion and making money 43:63 The As If principle 49:04 Research into the paranormal 50:38 The mindset of going to the moon 53:54 How to be more likeable 58:01 How much is positive self-talk useful? 1:02:29 Magic and performing