The Why Not Advantage: How Small Probabilities Create Outsized Outcomes

PROBABILITY IS PERSONAL.

We are surrounded by data meant to ground us in reality: Nine out of ten startups fail. Most career pivots stall. High-stakes dreams are for the lucky few. But as entrepreneur and technologist Sanjay Manandhar reveals, these numbers describe groups, not individuals. They are descriptive of the past, not prescriptive of your future.

Manandhar makes the case that the most important decisions in life-a career pivot, a startup, a long-shot application-are not like flippin...