The Luck Factor: Risk, Randomness, and the Role of Fortune in Financial Success

Author:   Marcus Ashford
Publisher:   Independently Published
ISBN:  

9798278619284


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   13 December 2025
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The Luck Factor: Risk, Randomness, and the Role of Fortune in Financial Success


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Why do two people with identical strategies end up with opposite financial outcomes? One retires wealthy. The other dies broke. Same discipline. Same intelligence. Same decisions. The difference isn't skill. It's luck. This is the uncomfortable truth about money that nobody discusses openly. Luck plays a far larger role in financial outcomes than success stories acknowledge. We celebrate wealthy investors as geniuses when some got lucky. We blame struggling families as irresponsible when some got unlucky. The confusion between skill and fortune creates dangerous certainty about uncertain outcomes. The Luck Factor reveals how randomness shapes financial life and, more importantly, how to build wealth that survives it. Through compelling stories of investors, entrepreneurs, and everyday people, this book exposes the hidden role of timing, chance, and unpredictable events in determining who succeeds and who fails. You'll discover why extreme outcomes regress to the mean, why good decisions sometimes produce bad results, why leverage destroys even brilliant strategies, and why the best investors aren't those who optimize returns but those who survive long enough for time to work. This isn't about becoming pessimistic or passive. It's about intellectual honesty that leads to robust strategies. The people who thrive over decades share something: they distinguish luck from skill in their successes, prepare for outcomes they can't predict, build margin for inevitable errors, and avoid leverage that amplifies randomness. The goal isn't eliminating luck, you can't. The goal is building finances that work despite luck. Whether you're starting out or financially established, these principles transform how you save, invest, and make decisions. You'll learn to separate process from outcomes, prepare for multiple futures instead of predicting one, and optimize for survival rather than peak returns. Because over decades, survival beats genius. Lasting beats brilliant. And staying in the game is the ultimate strategy.

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Author:   Marcus Ashford
Publisher:   Independently Published
Imprint:   Independently Published
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9798278619284


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   13 December 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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