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How to Maximize Serendipity - David Perell
Serendipity needs unlikely collisions and discoveries, but it also needs something to anchor those discoveries. Otherwise, your ideas are like carbon atoms randomly colliding with other atoms in the primordial soup without ever forming the rings and lattices of organic life. The challenge, of course, is how to create environments that foster these
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Paul Graham on how to make yourself a big target for luck:
“When you read biographies of people who've done great work, it's remarkable how much luck is involved.
They discover what to work on as a result of a chance meeting, or by reading a book they happen to pick up.
So
The key, then, is to raise the likelihood that you stumble upon something valuable—namely, by courting good randomness and seeing the opportunities
Ben Casnocha • The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
Can you engineer serendipity?
In the “surface area of luck” theory, your chance of being lucky equals the actions you take towards your passion multiplied by the people you tell.
Luck =
(Passionate Doing) x (Effective Telling)
h/t @VirenOswall
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"serendipity engine" - consistently creating moments of potential connection and designing a cadence of connection in your life that can lead to unexpected, deeper connections if you're open to them.
Daniel Stillman • Instead of Networking, Build a Serendipity Engine — Daniel Stillman
Serendipity is luck + action . To be luckier, take more active action . Walk wherever you can. Take the stairs. When you have ideas, turn them into action steps and get to work.