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How to create ‘lucky’ kids (who can go on to impact the world)
The significant link between luck and success
How do you make your own luck?
Have you noticed that some people seem to have all the luck, and for some reason end up being successful no matter what they do? Whereas for some, try as they might, they just can’t catch a break?
I read an interesting book about this, looking at various factors why this could be the case. One of the most interesting chapters was on the matter of confidence.
Confidence is about focusing more on reward than risk. An excellent definition.
Some people are more cautious or have grown up in a scarcity-based household.
Even more interesting was what the author goes on to say.
“Research shows that, in the first four years of life, a child born into a professionally successful family receives 560,000 more pieces of encouraging feedback than discouraging feedback. In contrast, a working-class child receives just 100,000 more. And if a baby is born into a family on welfare, it’ll receive…
