It really is quite simple: when it comes to luck, one way we can change it is by creating more variables for ourselves. The idea is that the more motion we create, the better our chance of potentially changing our lives and turning them around.

In a recent Facebook post, Professor Sean Johnson discussed this idea, referencing the book Chase, Chance, and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty by clinical neurologist and researcher James Austin. In the book, Austin lays out the “four kinds of luck: blind luck, luck from motion, luck from awareness, and unique luck.” Johnson focuses on Austin’s second concept. Essentially, he reiterates that the more we “collide” with other ideas, people, and plans, the more chances we have for a positive outcome.

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pic.twitter.com/b37L2NPEvr— Christian Busch (@ChrisSerendip) November 16, 2020

pic.twitter.com/b37L2NPEvr— Christian Busch (@ChrisSerendip) November 16, 2020

Over a video clip with a chyron reading “How to create more luck,” Johnson shares, “You need to go outside and meet more strangers. It’s not me, this is science, actually. In 1978, James Austin proposed four types of luck. And the........

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