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O'Shaughnessy explores the concept of luck surface area: the more things you try, the more people you meet, and the more you share your work, the larger your surface area for lucky events.
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O'Shaughnessy connects luck surface area to the return-on-luck Canon: expanding your surface area is the preparation that creates opportunities for luck, and executing well when luck arrives generates the return.
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Luck surface area = Doing x Telling — the more you do and the more people know about it, the more lucky opportunities find you
O'Shaughnessy presents the luck formula: luck isn't random. It's proportional to the amount of things you do (creating, building, experimenting) multiplied by the number of people who know about it (sharing, publishing, networking).Was this useful?