TESTIMONIAL

STEP #16

Tra i personaggi che si possono rintracciare nella letteratura, nella storia e nella filosofia, come veri e propri testimonial del termine "fortuna", la figura più significativa è senz'altro quella del  ricercatore  e  docente di psicologia Richard Wiseman.

Egli è l'autore del noto libro "Fattore fortuna" (analizzato in uno post precedente). In questo libro Wiseman ha riportato le sue ricerche e le sue conclusioni relative al tema della fortuna.  L'innovazione riportata dall'autore fu il fatto che stipulò 4 principi secondo i quali homo faber fortuna suae.

Citando direttamente la sua pagina web egli afferma:

«I then built upon this research by identifying four principles used by lucky people to create good fortune in their lives:

Principle One: Maximise Chance Opportunities
Lucky people are skilled at creating, noticing and 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.

Principle Two: 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.

Principle Three: 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.

Principle Four: 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.»

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