You can make yourselves ‘luckier’: Science-backed tips to rewire your brain for luck

Do you consider yourself ‘lucky’ or ‘unlucky’? If you are reading this, chances are you see yourself as the latter. The job offer fell through. The flight got delayed for hours. The relationship ended at the worst possible moment.Ask someone who calls themselves ‘lucky’ about their day, and they’ll tell you the other side: that job offer didn’t come through, but something better did. The flight got delayed, but that was a blessing in disguise. The relationship ended because it was no longer the life they wanted. Same world, but a different story.The gap between these two people has nothing to do with cosmic alignment or inherited fate. It comes down to how their brains filter reality. Luckily, you can rewire your brain to bring more luck.Start with thinking you are luckyWhen you repeatedly say ‘I’m lucky’, you’re literally rewiring your brain. People who believe they’re lucky don’t actually have better fortune; they’ve trained their attention system to catch opportunities others walk straight past. The $100 bill on the pavement, the job posting that fits perfectly, the person who could become a key contact. Someone who thinks they’re unlucky? Their brain filters it out before consc...