Make Your Own Luck

Good fortune isn't completely out of your hands. How you play the cards you're dealt may be just as important. Plus: How superstition sneaks up on us, and what happens when the numbers favor us.

The Number Between 12 and 14

By Susan Hooper

My luck may not improve until next year.

The Luck Formula

By Mark Banschick M.D.

The science of making your own luck

Serendipity, It's Everywhere

By Rebecca Webber

Five principles for making the most of life's twists and turns.

What Bracketology Teaches Us

By Peter A. Ubel M.D.

Are successful financiers simply luckier than their competitors?

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Bad Luck, Bad Choices or Psychological Reversal?

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