The Formula for Luck

If you have ever felt unlucky, The Formula for Luck will teach you skills that are foundational to building a Luck Mindset and that will significantly improve the quality and quantity of your successful outcomes. This book offers readers a clear understanding of the everyday, practical steps they can take toward boosting their luck and changing their lives for the better. Author Stuart Lacey brings a scholar’s curiosity and an innovator’s creativity to bear on this thorough exploration of the habits, behaviors, and actions we can cultivate and practice in order to increase luck in our lives. The Formula for Luck includes concrete exercises that can be completed as readers progress through the chapters and offers access to a workbook and an entire curriculum for helping teams and communities take charge of their journeys toward amplifying luck.

STUART LACEY is a thought leader, impact investor, and entrepreneur with a twenty-plus year track record of founding successful companies, leveraging innovative processes, and applying a Luck Mindset to deliver remarkable shareholder value. The founder of leading global data rights company Trunomi, Lacey has been named one of the Top Executives Changing the Future of Banking by Bank Innovation, the 2017 Barclays Rise Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Most Influential FinTech CEO of 2019 by CV Magazine. He is a graduate of McGill University and a regional chair and multiple award-winning member of the Young Presidents Organization. Stuart holds six issued patents and has nine further patents pending. He has been published in Forbes, TechCrunch, NBC, and Inc. Magazine amongst others, and was a TEDx speaker in 2015 on the future of personal data and privacy.

FOREWORD INTRODUCTION Why Me? Are You Lucky? Thoughts and Actions Your Own Worst Enemy How to Use the Next Ten Chapters The First Principle: Curiosity The Second Principle: Passion The Third Principle: Connectivity The Fourth Principle: Positivity The Fifth Principle: Empathy The Sixth Principle: Adaptability The Seventh Principle: Situational Awareness The Eighth Principle: Serendipity The Ninth Principle: Choice The Tenth Principle: Fail Forward The Formula for Luck The Luck Mindset CONCLUSION EPILOGUE The Future of Luck ACKNOWLEDGMENTS