Chapter 22 Can Luck Change This Probability?
"A person's destiny depends of course on self-struggle, the course of history, and most importantly, luck.
"Think about it, if your lifelong dream is to live a life of eating and waiting for death, then if you are born in a wealthy family, can you experience an excellent way to realize your dream?
"Isn't it luck to be born into a wealthy family?"
Ling Hu Yingying nodded thoughtfully, "Brother, what you said is very right, then please tell me how to increase the probability of being born in a wealthy family, right?" ”
"Ahem...... "You little chicken thief, why do you always find faults." Xiao Guangmian changed the topic without changing his color: "The probability of luck before birth, we can't change it, but it's different after birth, you listen to such a story first......"
There are two college students, Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang, who are about to graduate and are looking for jobs, but the job market is not very good now, the two have similar backgrounds, similar academic performance, and are very active in looking for jobs.
One day, Xiao Wang went to the shopping mall near the school to buy things, met a person by chance, chatted with this person, and found out that this person was recruited by a certain company to the school. The two had a good chat, and the man directly gave Xiao Wang a very good job.
And Xiao Zhang, unfortunately, did not encounter such an opportunity, and did not find a job until graduation.
Linghu Yingying said: "Well, Xiao Wang's luck is better than Xiao Zhang's. ”
Xiaoguang smiled: "Is this really the case? Anyone with a scientific dialectical view knows that luck is just a matter of probability. Whoever is lucky, is luck the halo on people? Isn't this the 'Law of Attraction' again? ”
"That's right."
"Hey, you probably didn't know, but there are two kinds of luck in this world. Like us Chinese people, we often think that luck is a kind of 'attribute' of people. Some people are born with good luck and some people are born with bad luck, which is almost equivalent to the blessed and the unblessed. Blessed people will have a little better luck than others in whatever they do. Another popular notion in the West is that luck is something that can change at any time: maybe you have good luck these days, but your luck is not good after a few days.
"Sister, what kind of luck do you have?"
"Ah...... The second one. ”
"Haha, I finally know why you're so down! Because you're missing luck. ”
"However, according to you, luck is just a probability, not something that sometimes accompanies you and sometimes leaves your 'aura' or 'energy field'?"
"Yes, though, ideas can influence people. There is a term in psychology called 'self-fulfilling prophecy', and there is also a psychological concept called 'My Fair Lady Effect', which means that if you think you are a person, you may become a living person. ”
Self-fulfilling prophecy is a common psychological symptom that means that people unconsciously act on known prophecies and eventually make them happen.
The Pygmalion effect is that what you think she is, she really is.
"Do you mean, if I think I'm a person of special luck, I'm going to be a person of good luck?"
"That's right......"
Maya Young, a management scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, organized a study on luck. She wants to see how people who believe in "constant luck" and those who believe in "change luck" have different styles of doing things.
The researchers surveyed 185 college students. The questionnaire counted each student's perception of luck and work style.
The so-called work style mainly examines two aspects: first, whether you are willing to accept difficult challenges; Second, can you stick to one thing?
The statistics show that those who believe that they are born with good luck are more willing to take on challenges and that they are more able to stick to tasks.
"Maybe it's because these people are more successful in what they do, that's why they feel lucky. Perhaps it is because these people believe that they are lucky, so they are more willing to accept challenges and are more willing to persevere. Maybe cause and effect don't matter anymore, it's a positive feedback process that complements each other! ”
Linghu Yingying thought about it and felt that it made sense, so if she also believed that she was a lucky person in the future, did it mean that she was more lucky?
"Brother, is it because of this secret that your luck has always been so good?"
"Hahaha......" Xiaoguang paused in a vague way, and then reversed: "No." ”
Linghu Yingying has a black line, his brother is really getting worse and worse, and he can't speak well anymore.
"Not all, to be exact. There are also more down-to-earth operations in my cheats that will give me an unbeatable head start in the world. ”
British psychologist Richard Wiseman has published a book called "The Lucky Factor". Wiseman has done a lot of research to prove that luck really works.
He placed advertisements in newspapers and magazines and went to great lengths to recruit 400 people who thought he had always been particularly lucky, and who thought he had always been particularly unlucky. He wanted to see if these people were really that lucky, or so bad.
An experiment arranged by Wiseman went something like this. He asked the subjects to complete a single task, one by one: take a short walk to a coffee shop to buy a cup of coffee.
The mission is very simple, but Wiseman has set up two traps in it. He put some money on the ground on the road to the coffee shop, which was just enough to buy a cup of coffee. He arranged for a merchant in the coffee shop and pretended to wait there for coffee.
As a result, Wiseman discovered that those who claimed to have good luck did indeed have good luck. On the way, they found money on the ground, picked it up and went to the coffee shop to buy a cup of coffee, and took the initiative to chat with the merchant for a while while waiting for the coffee.
Isn't this the story of Xiao Wang mentioned before? Maybe we'll be able to talk about it for a while.
And those who claim that they have no luck really have no good luck. They didn't notice that there was money on the ground, and they didn't talk to anyone after buying coffee, and they honestly waited there.
Linghu Yingying was surprised: "So, these people are right about themselves?" - Are there really people with good luck and bad luck? Could it be that the aura of luck really exists? ”
"Hey, of course not. In fact, it is character that determines fate. ”
Hikari discovers three character traits of good luck from her own experiences and these stories.
The first is extroversion.
Extroverts like to chat with strangers, he always notices interesting people and then gets new information from the chat. In addition, extroverts are also good at getting others to notice them, so that others will also take the initiative to find him.
Think about it, in reality or in the novel, isn't it exactly this routine? They either discovered talents through conversation and observation, or recommended themselves to attract the attention of Mingjun in a special way.
From this point of view, the probability of success for introverts, whether they are looking for a fierce general or defecting to the master, is very low.
The second is openness.
An open person is willing to try new things, and he is not so afraid of risks.
Think about it, do the miracle people in reality or fiction have this quality again? They are not afraid of risks and are not sensitive, so they dare to break through the obstacles and reach legendary heights.
The third is low neuroticism.
The so-called nervousness is easy to be anxious, easy to be nervous, and easy to be jealous. And people who are lucky don't have these negative emotions and are very relaxed in doing things.
Let's finally think about it, living in a life of anxiety, tension, and jealousy, can you embrace new ideas with an open attitude and keenly seize opportunities in the next wave? No, you can't!
Ling Hu Yingying couldn't calm down anymore after listening to it, her expression became more and more serious, it turned out that luck was still a serious scientific achievement!
She couldn't help but grab Xiaoguang's hand, with anticipation on her face, "Brother, take me to create good luck together." ”
Xiaoguang smiled slightly, can good luck really be made?
The answer is already on the horizon!