Cultivating Serendipity
Keely Adler and
Cultivating Serendipity
We enjoy something more when we experience it as unnecessary, unexpected and wonderful.
Emily Austin • How to Live Like an Epicurean
Being known for high quality and timeless writing can pay enormous dividends over the course of your career, particularly in the domains of finance and technology.
People may reach out with ideas, information, or simply gratitude. Connections are made, friendships begin, doors open. You put yourself out there to increase your chances for serendipity... See more
People may reach out with ideas, information, or simply gratitude. Connections are made, friendships begin, doors open. You put yourself out there to increase your chances for serendipity... See more
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... See more
Many social goals are best accomplished indirectly; singles parties are never the best singles parties, dinners devoted to a discussion topic rarely produce good conversation; you’ve got to cultivate the conditions, not demand the behavior
Sasha Chapinx.com
In my view, we should each invest a few hours a week in reading research that ostensibly has nothing to do with our day jobs, in a setting that has nothing in common with our regular workspaces. This kind of structured serendipity just might help us become more creative, and I doubt that it can hurt.
