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Max Gunther's classic text brought back into print. Luck. We can't see it, or touch it, but we can feel it. We all know it when we experience it. It's an obvious description of obvious events. But does it go deeper than this? And if it goes deeper, does it do so in any way which we can harness to our own and others' advantage? Taking us on a richly anecdotal ride through the more popular theories and histories of luck - from pseudoscience to paganism, through mathematicians to magicians - Max Gunther arrives at a careful set of scientific conclusions as to the nature of luck, and the possibility of managing it. Based entirely on drawing out the logical truths hidden in some examples of outrageous fortune (and some of the seemingly absurd theories of its origins), he presents readers with the concise formulae which make up what he calls "The Luck Factor" - the five traits that lucky people have in common - and shows how anyone can improve their luck.
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Max Gunther is the author of several books, including 'The Zurich Axioms' (9781897597491) 'How to Make Your Man More Sensitive' and 'The Very Rich and How They Got That Way'. He is very lucky.
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Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0345274407
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus 1st Printing. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. Previous Dealer Markings (Hole Punched in Front Cover); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. GOOD LUCK CAN BE YOURS--IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IT! PUT IT TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE TODAY! Max Gunther, Author of THE VERY RICH AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY. SUB-TITLE: Why Some People Are Luckier than Others and How You Can Become One of Them. CONTENTS: The Quest; PART I. THE BREAKS - 1. The Blessed and the Cursed 2. Two Lives; PART II. SPECULATIONS ON THE NATURE OF LUCK: SOME SCIENTIFIC TRIES - 1. The Randomness Theory 2. The Psychic Theories 3. The Synchronicity Theory; PART III. SPECULATIONS ON THE NATURE OF LUCK: SOME OCCULT AND MYSTICAL TRIES - 1. Numbers; 2. Destiny and God; 3. Charms, Signs, and Portents; PART IV. THE LUCK ADJUSTMENT - Introduction; 1. The Spiderweb Structure 2. The Hunching Skill 3. "Audentes Fortuna Juvat" 4. The Ratchet Effect 5. The Pessimism Paradox. SYNOPSIS: THE FIVE SECRETS OF GOOD LUCK CAN BE YOURS! USE THEM TO MULTIPLY YOUR CHANCES FOR HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS. Some people are lucky. They get all the breaks. Right? If you said yes, try again. The lucky and successful share five secrets. You can use them to make luck start going your way. THE SPIDER-WEB STRUCTURE--How it opens lines that lead directly to luck. THE HUNCHING SKILL--How to develop it. When to know you can trust it. THE RATCHET EFFECT--Breaking the biggest barrier to luck. THE PESSIMISM PARADOX--How to expect the worst and get the very best. THE FORTUNE-FAVORS-THE-BOLD PHENOMENON--Using the zigzag effect to turn accidents and unexpected twists to your advantage. Max Gunther reveals step-by-step proven methods that let you create and control your luck. Don't wait! GET LUCKY! PUT THE LUCK FACTOR TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE TODAY! - and - Don't Settle for Your Luck. Do Something About it! LEARN TO BE LUCKY! If Lady Luck seems to have turned her back on you, don't take it out on her. It may be your fault. Max Gunther has interviewed hundreds of lucky and unlucky people to discover the five secrets that make all the difference. There are five traits lucky people share. Once you know them and have discovered how easy they are to cultivate, you can begin immediately to make luck start working for you. Do you know how to take a streak of bad luck and make it start running the other way? Have you listened to a piece of Work Ethic advice that's a sure-fire recipe for bad luck? Are you holding on to attitudes that are open invitations to misfortune? Max Gunther reveals the proven methods that have led hundreds of men and women to happiness and success. They were lucky. Now you can be lucky, too! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 004515