Richard Wiseman Quotes

• I am not a fan of Sigmund Freud because his theories are not testicle.

  Richard Wiseman

  Fans, Theory, Testicles

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• Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving.

  Richard Wiseman

  Thinking, Luck, Way

  Richard Wiseman (2004). “Change Your Luck: The Scientific Way to Improve Your Life”, American Media (CA)

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• Lucky people generate their own good fortune via four basic principles.
  They are skilled at creating their own chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

  Richard Wiseman

  Attitude, Opportunity, Self

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• Unlucky people are stuck in routines. When they see something new, they want no part of it. Lucky people always want something new. They're prepared to take risks and relaxed enough to see the opportunities in the first place.

  Richard Wiseman

  Success, Opportunity, Want Something

  "How To Make Your Own Luck". Interview with Daniel H. Pink, www.fastcompany.com. June 30, 2003.

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• Lucky people create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives.

  Richard Wiseman

  Opportunity, People, Lucky

  Richard Wiseman (2004). “Change Your Luck: The Scientific Way to Improve Your Life”, American Media (CA)

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• Lucky people create, notice and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives. Being in the right place at the right time is actually all about being in the right state of mind.

  Richard Wiseman

  Opportunity, People, Luck

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• Happiness doesn't just flow from success; it actually causes it.

  Richard Wiseman

  Flow, Causes

  Richard Wiseman (2009). “59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot”, p.13, Anchor

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• Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and as a result miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for.

  Richard Wiseman

  Jobs, Party, Good Friend

  "Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn" by Richard Wiseman, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 9, 2003.

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• The concept of luck is very straightforward. Some people notice opportunities and others don't.

  Richard Wiseman

  Opportunity, People, Luck

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• We are far more like somebody watching ourselves than somebody in charge of ourselves.

  Richard Wiseman

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• When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being “transferred” to you. So, say positive and pleasant things about friends and colleagues, and you are seen as a nice person. In contrast, constantly complain about their failings, and people will unconsciously apply the negative traits and incompetence to you.

  Richard Wiseman

  Nice, Gossip, People

  Richard Wiseman (2009). “59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot”, p.58, Anchor

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• Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.

  Richard Wiseman

  Keys, Play, Waiting

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• Magicians are manipulating your consciousness. They are showing you something impossible. They're getting you to construct a narrative, which simply isn't true. So that means they know how to make you aware of certain things and blind to other things. What I'm hoping is that magic, this entertainment vehicle that has been around for a long time, will give us a real insight into the deep mysteries of consciousness

  Richard Wiseman

  Real, Mean, Long

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• Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader into a super snooper.

  Richard Wiseman

  Book, Perfect, Research

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• We're starting to realize that magicians have a lot of implicit know-ledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to deceive us in terms of controlling attention, exploiting the assumptions we make when we do and don't notice a change in our environment. There is an enormous amount of really detailed instruction on how to perform magic. People are always blown away by how detailed a description you'll have.

  Richard Wiseman

  People, Magic, Attention

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• I agree that by the standards of any other area of science that remote viewing is proven.

  Richard Wiseman

  Standards, Agree, Areas

  "Rupert Sheldrake and Richard Wiseman Clash Over Parapsychology Experiments". Interview with Alex Tsakiris, skeptiko.com.

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• Because remote viewing is such an outlandish claim that will revolutionise the world, we need overwhelming evidence before we draw any conclusions. Right now we don't have that evidence.

  Richard Wiseman

  Needs, World, Claims

  "Could there be proof to the theory that we're ALL psychic?". Interview with Danny Penman, www.dailymail.co.uk. January 28, 2008.

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• As we continue toward the fifth secret technique of psychics, I have a gut feeling that you are the sort of person that lets your heart rule your head, can sometimes be too impulsive for your own good, and have recently come into contact with a goat. Rest assured you are not the only one.

  Richard Wiseman

  Heart, Psychics, Feelings

  Richard Wiseman (2011). “Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there”, p.32, Pan Macmillan

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