October 2010
Beginner
352 pages
6h 11m
English
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Chapter 27. Be Open to Randomness
David Cohen
David is a co-founder and the CEO of TechStars.
Take a moment and think back to all the good things that have happened to you so far in your life. If you're like me and you contemplate that list, you'll realize that many of those good things came about in very random ways. Perhaps it's the way that you met your significant other, or how you decided on the college you'd go to. Maybe it's how you got that great job offer, or how you found out that your favorite band was playing down the street on your last business trip.
I think it's important to be open to randomness in your life. Many of the most successful people I know are very deliberate about randomness. Brad Feld is a great example. For many years, Brad has regularly held "random days" when he'll meet anyone to talk about anything for 15 minutes. He does this back to back for an entire day once in a while. Brad has no expectation about meetings on his random day. They're meetings that he normally wouldn't take or at least that he has no specific reason to take. But he figures he'll meet a few interesting people, and maybe something good will come out of it once in a while.
Now, guess how I met Brad Feld. It was on one of his random days. And on that random day, guess what we talked about? TechStars! I had never met Brad but I had been a fan and reader of his blog. I had no expectation ...
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