Opportune moments

Dr Richard Wiseman, psychologist, magician and skeptic, wrote in his book, The Luck Factor:

Unlucky people are generally more tense than lucky people, and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected.

He came to this conclusion after running a rather interesting experiment. He asked volunteers, who described themselves as either consistently lucky or unlucky to contact him via ads in national newspapers. He then asked them to rifle through another newspaper counting the number of photographs. One of the photographs was an Easter Egg. The lucky participants spotted it more often than the unlucky ones.

It does appear to be, then, that luck has something to do with an open, positive attitude and a keen eye for opportunities. It's a pity that Dr Wiseman didn't consider how the unlucky ones were able to spot the opportunity to participate in his experiment in the first place.