Count your blessings but forget Lady Luck if you want to be happy – research

Do not trust to luck if you want to be happy, academics say (Tim Goode/PA)

Those who believe in fate are more likely to be prone to anxiety and neuroticism, new research has found.

A team at the University of Bath found that people who believe in the concept of “luck” as a random, external phenomenon affecting their lives often have high levels of pessimism and negativity.