Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine

Are You Burnt Out or Depressed?

Acts of serendipity are all around us and often go unnoticed, according to him.

But there are key ways to recognize serendipity so these occurrences dont pass us by.

alt

Better still, there are ways to actuallyuseserendipity leading to exciting relationship or career opportunities, Dr. Farber says.

Makes you wonder what you could be missing out on, right?

4 ways to recognize and use serendipity more

1.

alt

A key to using serendipity more is first believing that itishappening all around you.

Otherwise, you wont bother to look for it, Dr. Farber says.

You really have to hone your observational skills.

alt

The first step was actually noticing the sign.

The self-awareness step is thinking about how it could relate to your life.

But with serendipity, youre involved in the process of turning it into something fruitful.

alt

In his book, Dr. Farber gives an example of this in his own life.

Not too long after, he pursued a part-time position there himself.

The invention of the microwave oven is one example of this.

alt

He could have been annoyed, hit up the vending machine for another Herseys and moved on.

Instead, he got curious and started exploringwhyhis chocolate bar melted.

This often requires filing information away and then remembering it later.

alt

For example, maybe you were taking an afternoon walk and you noticed a local cafe was hiring.

But it took the connection of thinking back to that now hiring sign to put it into action.

What Dr. Farber most wants people to realize is that serendipity isnt luck; theyre totally different.

alt

Winning the lottery is luck.

And you know what, both are pretty darn exciting.

Got it, you’ve been added to our email list.