The Book of Luck - Brilliant Ideas for Creating Your Own Success and Making Life Go Your Way [Paperback]

"...the authors reveal the seven personality traits that can bring you luck..." (Mail on Sunday – You magazine, 14^th November 2004)

"...the two writers clearly explain how to turn a situation to your advantage..." (easyJet Magazine, February 2005)

"...full of practical tips...an enjoyable read and a useful reminder to be positive, take advantage of opportunities and accept responsibility for your actions." (Edge, September 2005)

"...the authors reveal the seven personality traits that can bring you luck..." (Mail on Sunday – You magazine, 14^th November 2004)

"...the two writers clearly explain how to turn a situation to your advantage..." (easyJet Magazine, February 2005)

"...an enjoyable read and a useful reminder to be positive, take advantage of opportunities and accept responsibility for your actions." (Edge, September 2005)

Are some people just born lucky? The answer is no, people control their own fortunes. The Book of Luck will show you that there is a way to structure your luck and to bring success into your life and into your control. It will show you how to be lucky, always, demonstrating what has gone wrong in the past and outlining what you need to know for the future. Summers and Watson use extensive research and draw on their personal experiences both professionally and personally, to bring you a book crammed full of practical tips on how to turn the tide of your luck.

This book will appeal to people who want to move up in life, people who have been made redundant, people who have plateaued in their careers and people who are ambitious for the next step – or simply people who want to make more of themselves in a business or personal context. The Book of Luck shows you how to:

• choose your own luck
• use social situations to increase your potential for luck
• use your own personal strengths to increase your luck
• choose how you respond to situations and maximise your luck
• train your mind to expect long term success
• develop a good luck mindset.

Master The Book of Luck′s seven principles and you will find yourself being lucky, always.

1. CONTROL–ABILITY

Control–Ability is about choosing and flexing your response to events and situations that arise, no matter how difficult they may be.

Result? Less blaming the unkind hand of fate and more lucky breaks.

2. STICK–ABILITY

Stick–Ability is about perseverance, tenacity and following things through – even when the odds are against you. It is about finishing off what you start.

Result? Achieving goals no one else thought possible.

3. RISK–ABILITY

Risk–Ability is about having the confidence to take a chance rather than plumping for the safe bet. It means having an open mind and a willingness to think differently.

Result? More lucky opportunities will come your way.

4. SENSE–ABILITY

Sense–Ability means using all your senses and feelings to heighten your awareness of lucky opportunities. It includes making the most of gut feeling and intuition.

Result? Having the confidence to rely on your inner voice.

5. SOCIA–ABILITY

Socia–Ability is the knack of relating easily to other people in a variety of contexts.

Result? More lucky coincidences.

6. PERCEPT–ABILITY

Percept–Ability is all about how you look at life, events, yourself and others. Is your attitude to life optimistic? Do you shrug off (small) worries and concerns? If you do, this is true percept–ability!

Result? The ability to turn bad luck into good.

7. PERSON–ABILITY

Person–Ability is knowing yourself well enough to recognise what works well for you and what can work against you.

Result? Being able to harness all your natural luck skills.

Some people are just born lucky. Right? Wrong. You have to create your own luck. The good news is, there are proven ways to become a luckier person and get the success you want in your life. In The Book of Luck, Heather Summers and Anne Watson reveal how to be lucky, always. They explain what has been missing for you in the past and outline what you need to know for the future. The Book of Luck is a must–read for those who want to move up in the world. It is crammed full of practical tips on how to turn the tide of your luck.

You will learn how to:

· CHOOSE YOUR OWN LUCK

· TRANSFORM NEGATIVES INTO POSITIVES

· WAKE UP TO THE POTENTIAL OF COINCIDENCE

· ASSESS YOUR OPENNESS TO LUCK AND YOUR ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM IT

· USE YOUR OWN PERSONAL STRENGTHS TO INCREASE YOUR LUCK

· TRUST YOUR INTUITION AND INCREASE THE TIMES YOU GET IT RIGHT

· DEVELOP A GOOD LUCK MINDSET

The Book of Luck includes a Luck Questionnaire that will enable you to check how lucky you already are – and to re–check your progress as your luck quotient increases.

Heather Summers is an experienced senior executive who now runs her own successful human resources and management consultancy business. As well as strategic consultancy she specialises in executive coaching, personal growth coaching and training. Heather believes we all have much more potential than we give ourselves credit for. All the training that she is involved in, including the Luck Workshops she runs with Anne Watson, help people find and fulfil that potential.

Heather holds an MBA, has an MA in English Literature and French, is qualified in Psychometrics and is a Master Practitioner of NLP. She is married with 2 children and lives in Harrogate.

Anne Watson runs an executive search business that focuses on finding high achieving executives for businesses, and works with teams to ensure that they achieve their potential. In 1998 she sold a successful business, gaining the freedom to work in those areas that she is most passionate about. This includes running Luck Workshops with Heather Summers and challenging participants to take charge of their own destiny and outperform their own expectations. She has an MA Hons in Hispanic Languages, speaks four other languages including Urdu, is a qualified psychometrician and is a Master Practitioner in NLP. She is married with 2 children and divides her time between London and Harrogate.

To contact the authors, please email them at:

Heather@switchtosuccess.co.uk