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Sep 2020
39m 3s

Can We Create Our Own Good Luck?

Goop, Inc. and Audacy
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We often view moments of serendipity, or happy accidents, as situations that we play no part in and can't control or influence. But author Christian Busch, PhD, believes that luck may not always be circumstantial—and that by training ourselves to see something in the unexpected, we can make those accidents more meaningful. Which is the subject of his book, T ... Show More
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