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Martin Signorin

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in Erith, Kent, The United Kingdom

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Daniel Kahneman, Robert M. Sapolsky

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Martin Signorin is a thoughtful independent nonfiction author with a coherent body of work, an accessible narrative approach and some positive external critical recognition.

Martin is drawn to questions that are often left unasked. In The Luck Illusion, he examines a word we use almost without thinking. When somebody succeeds or fails, how much does calling it luck really explain?

Drawing on personal experience, research and narrative, Martin examines the conditions behind an outcome: the opportunities a person had, the choices available to them, the help they received and the events they could not control.

His writing is straightforward and reflective, marked by sympathy for people trying to make sense of their lives. The Luck Illusion invit ...more

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The Luck Illusion: Why Success Isn’t Random — and What Actually Shapes Your Life

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YOU WIN WHEN YOU DON’T PLAY : 10 Lessons in Letting Go and Finding Quiet Power

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