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INSIDEChange You Luck,Change Your Life 1

OSHA Should Get Out of the Whistle Blowing Business 2

Some people seem to have all the luck. They walk down the street and find money on the ground. They sit next to a guy on a plane who owns a dynamic company -- and needs someone with just their qualifications. Others aren’t so fortunate. When they buy a blue-chip stock, the company’s earnings take a nosedive. They get a new job -- at a firm that folds a few days later. Born winners? Born losers? Don’t you believe it. In fact, a surprising amount of what we call “luck” is actually the result of our own actions. Luck is really a series of skills that anyone can develop. In interviews with hundreds of people, I have found that the lucky ones... •Createchanceopportunities •Followtheirhunches •Expectgoodfortune •Turnbadluckintogood. By and large, they aren’t aware that they’re doing anything differently than other people. Somehow, they’ve gotten into the right habits and developed the right attitudes. What if you were to follow their example? In a series of experiments I conducted over two years, more than 80 people went to “luck school,” where they were taught the four principles of luck. At enrollment, half of them described themselves as unlucky... 10% as lucky... and 40% as neither. One month later, 80% said their luck had improved. The unlucky had become lucky, and the lucky grew luckier.

CREATE CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES Lucky people’s lives are full of fortunate occurrences. They find valuable paintings at yard sales or meet the loves of their lives at parties. It seems like fate, but, in fact, lucky people use specific techniques to maximize the role that chance plays. It is as important to be in the right frame of mind as in the right place at the right time. Things you can do... Spend more time with friends, and chat with strangers. Smile at people you don’t know, and show by your body language that you’re approachable. Keep in touch with those you meet. You never know which encounter will lead to a great idea or valuable contact. Example: Samantha, a secretary, dreamed of a career in thefilm world. During a downpour, she shared a cab with another drenched pedestrian, and soon they were involved in an animated conversation. When Samantha learned that the man was an executive at a film company, she confided her ambitions. He gave her name to the personnel director of his company. Six months later, Samantha had a new job. She still was a secretary,butforanexecutiveatthestudio.Fiveyearsafterthat,shewasasuccessful film acquisitions executive in Los Angeles. Develop a more relaxed attitude toward life. When you’re in a rush or under stress, it blinds you to opportunities. When you’re hurrying down the street, you probably won’t notice that $100 bill. Beopentonewexperiences.Experimentwithdifferentroutesto work. Go to different restaurants. We observe better in unfamiliar situations and are more likely to see hidden advantages. Example: John,who lives inNewYorkCity, decided towalkdowntown instead of taking the bus as he usually did. He noticed in a junk shop window an unusual antique camera that was perfect for his collection.

FOLLOW YOUR HUNCHES The conscious mind isn’t good at detecting meaningful patterns in behavior, speech and body language. The unconscious compares the present against past experiences and finds similarities -- generating strong feelings that a decision is wise or unwise... that someone is or isn’t trustworthy. Lucky people are likely to act on these hunches. They heed inner alarm bells and go-ahead signals in business, finance and relationships.

Listentoyourinnervoice.Clearyourmindwithmeditation,orsimply sit in a quiet place. Of course, you need to use judgment. Ask yourself whether this reallyisasituationinwhichpastexperienceisguidingyou.Forexample,subtle gestures or facial expressions can give you hints into a new acquaintance’s character by reminding you of people you have known in the past. However, a hunch that 8526 is a winning lottery number probably is meaningless.

EXPECT GOOD FORTUNE Lucky people assume that things will turn out well for them, in situations that are both within and outside their control. Good fortune is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you expect to do well, you’re more likely to start new projects. Low expectations make you ready to give up before you begin. A positive attitude gives you drive in the face of setbacks -- you persevere and get the most from any situation. In addition,ithasastronginfluenceonothers.Nothingismorepersuasivethan confidence. Example:Garywas in his 60swhenhe decided to go to lawschool. Friends and relatives tried to dissuade him.They argued thatlaw school was expensive and he would be unlikely to get a job when he graduated. Gary went to school anyway and ended up working at a prestigiousChicagolawfirm,specializinginage-discriminationissues. You can raise your expectations by visualizing good fortune. When faced with an important opportunity, such as a job interview, sit quietly, close your eyes and imagine yourself in the situation. Think about the surroundings... the people likely to be there... the sights and sounds you’ll encounter. Imagine yourself lucky, fielding the interviewer’s questions with assuranceandconviction.Focusonhowitwillfeeltoachieveyourgoals. I also recommend keeping a “luck journal,” in which you write down positive events and lucky breaks to remind yourself of just how fortunateyouare.Trytodothiseveryday.

TURN BAD LUCK INTO GOOD Things happen over which we have no control -- accidents, illness, unfair treatment at work -- but we can control how we respond. Lucky people see the positive side of their bad luck. Rather than moaning, “Why does it always happen to me?” they consider how much worse things could have been. Instead of dwelling on ill fortune, they’re convinced that, in the long run, things will work out for the best. As a result, lucky people are more resilient. They take constructive steps to prevent more bad luck in the future. When misfortune blocks a path to their goals, they explore other ways of solving problems. When something bad happens, think of how it could have been worse.Example:Yourcarmayhavebeentotaled,butyouweren’thurt. Ask yourself if a misfortune really matters. Will a lost promotion affectyourhealthorrelationships?Compareyourselftothosewhotrulyare less fortunate. Your bad luck will seem trivial. Example:Inoneexperiment,participantsweretoldtoimaginethat they had slipped on the stairs and sprained an ankle. Self-described “unlucky” people called this a real misfortune, while those who considered themselves lucky said, “Whew... I could have broken my neck!” If you’re superstitious, make it work for you. Broken mirrors, black cats and the like really don’t influence chance events. While unlucky people dwell on ill omens and become anxious, lucky ones use these charms to boost their confidence.

Bottom Line/Personal interviewed Richard Wiseman, PhD, or of psychology at University ofHertfordshire,Hatfield,UnitedKingdom.For thepast10years,hehasbeenstudyingtheroleluckplaysinpeople’slives.HeisauthorofTheLuckFactor:ChangingYourLuck,ChangingYourLife:TheFourEssentialPrinciples(Miramax).

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Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). PEER and other whistleblower support organizations have called upon Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to elevate the whistleblower program into its own office.

The Department of Labor has responsibility for administering the whistleblower provisions of 19 laws covering approximately 200 million U.S. workers. These functions are housed inside OSHA. Recently, GAO issued a report entitled “Whistleblower Protection: Sustained Management Attention Needed to Address Long-standing Program Weaknesses,” which took OSHA to task for more than 20 years of malpractice and neglect. The report faulted OSHA for basic but ingrained failures, including –

Allowing whistleblower funds to be diverted to other uses - OSHA does not even have a separate accounting code to track whistleblower program expenditures. • Lacking any action plan or performance measures for the whistleblower program, OSHA does not even mention whistleblower protection in its mission statement or strategic plan.And • Abdicating responsible management, as one finding concludes, “OSHA has done little to ensure that investigators have the necessary training and equipment to do their jobs, and that it lacks sufficient internal controls to ensure that the whistleblower program operates as intended.”

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continued from page 2“OSHA management of the whistleblower program makes MMS look good,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, pointing out that OSHA has not yet implemented any of the eight recommendations from a critical 2009 GAO report on the whistleblower program. “The bottom line is that millions of American workers remain vulnerable to retaliation as a result of official malfeasance and indifference.”

On July 14, 2010, PEER and two other national whistleblower groups, the Government Accountability Project and the National Whistleblower Center, called upon Secretary Solis to move the program out of OSHA into a new “national Whistleblower Protection Office [with] its own budget, programmatic identity, strategic plan, staff, and leadership.” The groups charged that “an entrenched culture of harassment within OSHA…renders the agency even more ill-suited to fulfill its statutory duties of whistleblower protection.” Secretary Solis has yet to respond to this joint letter.

In a statement responding to the GAO report, OSHA Assistant Secretary David Michaels said he has undertaken a “top-to-bottom review” of the program but, PEER charges, this evaluation answers to the same dysfunctional leadership, will not consider cost codes or other budgeting reforms and is shrouded in secrecy. For example, OSHA recently conducted a survey of all its whistleblower investigators but has not released the results and is trying to block a PEER Freedom of Information Act request on the grounds that the survey results are “confidential intra-agency opinions.”

“The world’s biggest whistleblower program is in need of real reform, not redecoration. As long as it remains inside OSHA, whistleblower protections will be marginalized,” Ruch added, noting that OSHA is overwhelmed with its health and safety functions, including a yawning backlog of chemical exposure standards. “OSHA has too much on its plate and should free itself of the functions that it has demonstrated that it cannot do.”

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