Luck is not randomness. Luck is not a position. Luck is a current — and it has a geometry you can arrange.
This framework diagnoses why systems persist or die, then shows you how to build ones that compound.
1. The Foundation: luck.md
The physics.. seven diagnostic facets that reveal whether your system will persist, compound, or collapse. Grounded in Assembly Theory (Cronin & Marshall, 2021). Falsifiable predictions. Worked examples from political memes to the U.S. Constitution.
Read this to understand WHY.
2. The Sprint Playbook: sprint-diagnostic.md
The workout plan.. each facet translated into Monday strategy reviews, Friday results reviews, sprint metrics, and AI acceleration plays for B2B business owners.
Read this to FIX it this week.
| Facet | Theory | In Your Business |
|---|---|---|
| Solvency | Coupling to gradients against entropy | Can you survive a quiet month? |
| Gradient Coupling | Connecting to active energy flows | Are you selling into real pain? |
| Structural Compatibility | Reconstruction cost vs. assembly index | Can prospects actually buy what you sell? |
| Niche Construction | Reshaping environment for self-reproduction | Does every client make the next one easier? |
| Circulation | Throughput flowing through and returning | Does value come back, or just go out? |
| Integration | Network density of ecological coupling | Do the parts reinforce each other? |
| Path Sensitivity | Right sequence at the right moment | Is the market ready for this right now? |
Each has observable signatures — not vibes, not guesses:
- Flash in the pan — spreads fast, doesn't stick
- Cult classic — brilliant but inaccessible
- Institutional zombie — running on momentum, energy source gone
- Premature artifact — right idea, wrong moment
- Extractive mirage — looks like growth, actually burning substrate
- Pooled fortune — high output, no return loop
- Fragmented ecology — good parts that don't talk to each other
/luck-diagnostic
Paste luck.md into any frontier model. Describe your system. Ask for the diagnostic.
Add luck.md to your project context. Works with any model that accepts structured instructions.
Extends Assembly Theory with adjacent work from dissipative adaptation, the free energy principle, niche construction theory, and the adjacent possible. Full citations in the skill file.
Built by Simon Severino — author of Strategy Sprints and Time Freedom with Jay Abraham. Added over $2 Billion in sales to B2B clients in finance, software, and consulting.
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