How to Obtain Luck
Brain scientists now realize that human brains are not fixed by innate ability. As neuroscientists Steven Quartz and Terrence Sejnowski write, "The world helped construct your mind's circuits when you were growing up, and it continually reshapes them as you experience new things and call on new skills."
In other words, the brain is not a fixed structure that processes what it receives; it is an ever-changing network of circuitry that learns and evolves as we live our lives.
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But [Eric] Kendel's research goes a significant step beyond that: Using your brain not only increases your synaptic connections, it also changes what was once thought to be unchangeable: our genes.
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"we had thought that the genes are the governers of behavior, the determinants of behavior. But what our experiments suggest is that behavior can act on genes to regulate the expression. So genes are not only controllers of the behavior, they are also the servants of the environment."
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More recent research even suggests that some of the genetic improvement can be transferred down to your future generations.
Fascinating stuff. From the book I just wrapped up, Ten Steps Ahead. I always had a hunch that such things are possible. For example a Chinese man from China, who has now lived in America for 30 or 40 years will look different then a Chinese man who just came from China. Having been in American for so long, the environment here, has changed his physical and behavioral structure.
Oh yes, luck.
Lucky People are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for."
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Here's another image that might help you increase your luck: Think about catching a ball that is hit deep into center field. How is the catch made? Luck rarely drops the ball into the pocket of the glove. Nor does the fielder's brain instantly calculate the distance, velocity, and projection of the ball, not to mention the air resistance, the wind speed, and the spin that influence its flight. The human brain can't do that. So how does the fielder make the miraculous catch? Simply by running towards it with glove extended. And guess what: As the fielder runs forward, the brain is making on-the-run adjustments—reading-adjusting, reading-adjusting, reading-adjusting, until—fwap!—the ball lands in the pocket of the glove. That is exactly the right metaphor for luck: if you keep running toward it, stay loose, keep readjusting yourself, and never give up, you have the best chance of landing the ball in your glove.
Stupendous.
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