Cultivating Serendipity
Keely Adler and
Cultivating Serendipity
much of what gives one’s life meaning stems from accidents, interruptions, and serendipitous encounters: the “off time” that a mechanistic view of experience seeks to eliminate.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing
You can attract luck simply by telling people what you are working on.
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
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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We enjoy something more when we experience it as unnecessary, unexpected and wonderful.