From: Nathan Borror <zV6nZFTyrypSgXo1mxC02yg6PKeXv8gWpKWa1/AzAPw=> Content-Type: multipart/x-wild-bookmark; boundary="bookmark" Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:42:00 -0700 Bookmark-Kind: book Bookmark-Title: Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned Bookmark-Subtitle: The Myth of the Objective Bookmark-Authors: Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman Bookmark-ISBN-13: 978-3319155234 Bookmark-Published: 18 May 2015 Bookmark-Language: en Bookmark-Page-Total: 135

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"Sometimes the best way to achieve something great is to stop trying to achieve a particular great thing. In other words, greatness is possible if you are willing to stop demanding what that greatness should be. While it seems like discussing objectives leads to one paradox after another, this idea really should make sense. Aren’t the greatest moments and epiphanies in life so often unexpected and unplanned? Serendipity can play an outsized role in life. There’s a reason for this pattern. Even though serendipity is often portrayed as a happy accident, maybe it’s not always so accidental after all. In fact, as we’ll show, there’s a lot we can do to attract serendipity, aside from simply betting on random luck."

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This book is turning out to be very cathartic. It’s also preaching to the choir so I probably won’t finish it!

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--bookmark Content-Type: text/x-wild-review Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2025 18:42:00 -0700 Review-Rating: 4.5 Review-Spoilers: false

I enoyed this book! --bookmark--