The Luck Illusion: Why Success Isn't Random - and What Actually Shapes Your Life

By Martin Signorin

What if luck is not an explanation, but simply the name we give to causes we have not yet seen?

Why do some people succeed while others do not? Why can two lives, with similar hopes and comparable effort, take very different paths? We often explain the difference with one convenient word: luck.

However, that word may conceal more than it explains.

The Luck Illusion centres on Walsdos, a fictional character whose life appears plagued by ongoing misfortune. As his story develops, a different perspective emerges. Factors such as health, timing, education, finances, geography, relationships, and opportunities interact in ways that are often missed when we judge a life solely by its results.

Drawing on psychology, philosophy, probability and human behaviour, the book explores how circumstances and choices interact, why success is rarely explained by effort alone, and why failure does not necessarily tell us everything about the person who experiences it.

The final Setback Audit offers a clear way to examine difficult events closely, separating factors that can be influenced from those that cannot.

The result is not the whole account.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6199391209
• ISBN13: 9786199391204
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Martin Signorin
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"