50 Remarkable Photos Of People Experiencing Unbelievable Luck

Do you believe in life after luck? (If you didn’t already, please go back and read that in Cher’s voice.) If you do believe in luck, what you consider to be lucky can depend on many different factors, including your culture, your beliefs and where you’re from. For example, I grew up in the United States, where I was never told that keeping eye contact is necessary when cheers-ing drinks.

However, my partner swears that it’s bad luck if we don’t look each other in the eye when our drinks clink. But we can both agree that you should never reveal what you wished for when blowing out your birthday candles. Otherwise it won’t come true! As silly as these superstitions may be, it’s fun to knock on wood and avoid stepping on cracks. And who knows? Maybe these beliefs helped the people on this list earn some good luck too! 

To learn more about the topic of luck, we reached out to John Kehoe, teacher of Mind Power Training and best selling author of Mind Power into the 21st Century. John was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and discuss how he actually programmed himself to be lucky.

"It happened by accident during a summer of incredible sailing weather. Every time we went out sailing and had perfect winds and weather I would say, 'Just our luck.' I enjoyed saying this and began taking on the habit of saying 'just my luck' every time something good happened," John shared. "It didn't have to be major things, even having a series of green lights while I was driving or getting the last reservation at a restaurant prompted me to say to myself, 'Just my luck.'"

"It was not lost on me that I was using this well known expression in the exact opposite way that most people use it," John noted. "When people use the expression 'just my luck,' it is always used when something bad happens to them. Why would they use it that way? That is programming the subconscious mind that you are unlucky. I know well the power of suggestion, having written a book on the subject (Mind Power into the 21st Century)."

"At first it was just fun saying it, but then something quite remarkable began happening. I started getting really lucky," John told Bored Panda. "Not that I was unlucky before this practice, but now my luck was off the charts. I got tickets to a sold out concert, made some amazing business contacts, I even won a 50/50 lottery at a hockey game that year where twenty thousand people had bought tickets, taking home a sizable amount of money. And yes, after I won I said, 'Just my luck.' Now, some twenty years later, my wife and I still use this expression regularly. And yes, we are very lucky."

"I teach this principle in my online courses, sharing this story and encouraging my students to begin the practice of saying 'just my luck' every time something good happens to you and watch what happens," John continued. "I've had hundreds of my students responding to me about the great results they are seeing, and from a psychological perspective, it makes perfect sense."

If you've always considered yourself to be unlucky, well, maybe today is the day to change that.

"There are many mysteries in life, but both anecdotally and statistically, those that think of themselves as lucky usually are, and those that don't aren't," John shared. "The subconscious mind works with the material we feed it. Feeling negative, depressed, unable to achieve anything influences the subconscious. It's easy to feel down when things aren't going our way, but simple exercises focusing on the good things in our life can help us get out of our negativity."

"I further believe that the universe works algorithmically and will bring to us the experiences we expect and project for," John continued. "Of course, nothing is a hundred percent perfect, and I'm not suggesting that you can have whatever you want, whenever you want. This is no magic wand, but in more cases than not, what you focus on you attract, often in ways we could never imagine."