The luck factor

http://richardwiseman.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/the_luck_factor.pdf

The Luck Factor

Richard worked with hundreds of exceptionally lucky and unlucky people to scientifically discover why some people live charmed lives, and developed techniques that help people enhance their own good fortune.  The findings have been published in The Luck Factor.
Why do some people lead happy successful lives whilst other face repeated failure? Why do some find their perfect partner whilst others stagger from one broken relationship to the next? What enables some people to have successful careers whilst others find themselves trapped in jobs they detest?  Discover the four techniques that have been scientifically proven to attract good fortune, and shows how these methods can revolutionise your life.

In America there are oodles of self-help books and the luck factor from Richard Wiseman is one of them.
The main question is "How thoughts and behaviour can affect lives ?
Is it important to make intuitive decisions ? How to cope with failure ?
In America for instance when you open a business and it goes wrong, it doesn't matter, it's not a problem, you can move into another city. Here in France, it is a catastrophe. In America  when you fall down, you pick yourself up and start all over again. My daughter was over there during the sub prime crisis and can testify.
"There is no need to hope to undertake, nor succeed to persevere"
In reality the mental is a tool and when it is positive it brings success doesn't it ?

agreed