Designing Serendipity
I'm writing this book.
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9COtX7f6H-Y
Book outline
3 Truths
There are much more good things impossible plan for than good things you can plan for
Your future selves are wiser than you present and past selves.
You cannot know how long a task will take (parkinson's law)
3 Steps
Planting the seeds of serendipity
Increase your luck surface area
Social media as expressions of authentic self
4 types of luck and how to maximize them
Dumb luck: just notice it
Fortune favors the bold: failure does not exist
See luck that others cannot see: depth and intersections of expertise
Luck from reputation:
So good they can't ignore you
Befriend those who confer luck
Play in the right field
Noticing serendipity sprouting
https://gyazo.com/a018db39d0a68a264cdf61c1428cfe59
https://gyazo.com/cfdfef62788cecb35c3d6dcca3beafb2
Listen to your stallion
Daily gratitude practice
Harvesting the fruits of serendipity
Slack inventory
29/ You can't get lucky if you don't have slack.
You can't design serendipity if you don't have slack
In the last @CompliceGoals GCI, I used all the tools in the secret level.
Slack Inventory is def my fave. I made improvements:
https://gyazo.com/33ff5faea0816c5d082091e8899bfe62
Guanxi
Build up good will, give give give
How my mother designed serendipity to meet my father
Events
June 1, 2021 - talk for the Rotary Club of Mandaluyong Uptown
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