Half-full or half-empty?

[Dien Rice]

A little while ago (probably a month or so ago now), I went to a talk by Richard Wiseman. He's an interesting guy from the UK who's done a lot of interesting psychological research. Some of his research has been on what makes someone lucky or unlucky... (I'll share more about that talk later on...)

Anyway, I wonder what he would say about this guy... He's either the world's luckiest man - or the world's unluckiest! What do you think?

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/17/...nluckiest-man/

As a friend of mine likes to say...

"Remember, the glass is one-third full -- not two-thirds empty!"

Cheers,

Dien

[Ankesh]

Hehe!

I love reading about Richard Wiseman's experiments. He's also written a book on psychology of magic. I haven't read any of his books yet but have read a few articles on him. And found it really interesting.

Read this just yesterday:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/10/pro...is-king-of.php

Frane Selak is one of the world's luckiest. Why? Because, as we all know, disasters of one sort or another happen to most people. It's how you handle them that determines how 'lucky' you are.

Here's an interesting finding to add to the thread. It has been theorized that the lucky folks who survive events that others don't often has a lot to do with their 'mental preparation'. This could mean thinking 'what would I do if...' and then reasoning things out and mentally rehearsing a response. It could also be a simple observation (as in a movie, for example) of someone doing something unexpected or obvious in response to a situation. The latter is subconsciously imbedded in our minds and instantly accessed when faced with a similar situation.

We have the ability to override or modify the subconscious training, of course, by rehearsing mentally and preparing ourselves both mentally and physically to face a situation if/when it occurs. What person, going into a battle (war or boardroom, or even the bedroom), hasn't considered what they might do if this...or that...or the other happened?

Our glass is as full or empty as we choose to make it, IMHO.

Sandi Bowman

Ain't no such thing as an Empty Glass. It is Always 100% full - of something. Think about it to realize the foolishness of thinking a glass is empty in any fashion.

A figure of speech for sure. But just sloppy wording/thinking/expression.

As for Frane... read about That story ages ago. And there isn't anything unusual about it at all. How many Misses have you had in your life?

I was in an Head On without a seat belt and lived, I was sideswiped while riding my bike and lived. I was in a bus that crashed and obviously lived. I was in an aircraft that yored and rolled violently mere meters off the ground and was fine. Many crashes have happen mere seconds behind me. And that's just the Tip of the iceberg.

We ALL have many such events in our own lives. It's Selective Event Remembering that makes it seem one way or the other.

Michael Ross

Sandi