Cultivating Serendipity
Keely Adler and
Cultivating Serendipity
There is, as it happens, a word for this: zemblanity, the opposite of serendipity*.* Pandemic Time is suffused with zemblanity; it is a temporality shaped by a sense of certain doom, foreseen and amenable to some mitigation, but not entirely avertable.
Venkatesh Rao • Pandemic Time
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.comIn 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.
jasonzweig.com • Structured Serendipity | Jason Zweig
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.
chrisguillebeau.com • 36 Ways to Live Differently
