What were the odds? The beauty (and sometimes peril) of chance encounters.

What chance encounters have shaped your life? Don't you look back on them with a sense of wonder — what were the odds?! I'll talk about this phenomenon and also put in a good word for its social cousin, small talk with strangers, even if you're an introvert like me.

 

Chance encounters (CNN)

Small talk doesn't need to be meaningless: the benefits of talking to strangers

Planned happenstance and your career

Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseast
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