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"To a very large extent, we are responsible for much of the good fortune that we encounter.", says Richard Wiseman, PhD, a professor of psychology and the author of The Luck Factor.
When Anna Z. moved to Chicago, she joined a group for Arabic speakers. "I saw this group and thought, why not?" As luck would have it, the organizer grew up in Fez, Morocco, where Anna had lived when she was learning the language. Today they're married and have a little boy.
Elizabeth B. will never forget her luckiest moment: she was driving to New York from Pennsylvania when something told her to buy a lotto ticket. After she pulled over, a terrible accident occurred: "A pickup crossed into my lane and crashed into a guardrail. If I hadn't stopped, my car would have been totaled." Maybe Elizabeth's pit stop was a fortuitous fluke. Or maybe her intuition had warned her to get away from an erratic driver. She can't be sure. But we process far more visual information and sensory details than we consciously realize, which can lead to instincts we can't explain.
Adaptado de: Kate Rockwood. How to Get Lucky – Reader's Digest, February 2016.
Sobre a experiência de Elizabeth B., assinale o que for correto.
01) Ela estava dirigindo quando algo lhe disse que deveria comprar um bilhete de loteria.
02) Se Elizabeth não tivesse saído da estrada, ela teria sofrido um acidente.
04) Elizabeth ganhou na loteria e está rica por ter obedecido à sua intuição.
08) Ela não sabe se foi salva por um golpe de sorte ou por sua intuição.