{"id":38843,"date":"2014-09-18T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T21:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/?p=38843"},"modified":"2014-09-18T07:30:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T21:30:18","slug":"give-serendipity-chance-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/iq\/give-serendipity-chance-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you give serendipity a chance in your world?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38844\" src=\"https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ISIQ-0598.jpg\" alt=\"ISIQ-0598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ISIQ-0598.jpg 600w, https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ISIQ-0598-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ISIQ-0598-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ISIQ-0598-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ISIQ-0598-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/israelsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ISIQ-0598-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Do you give serendipity a chance in your world? Do you dance with chance?&#8221; &#8211; Nick Kellet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A question, instead of a statement. Something to ponder.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to meet Nick well outside my comfort zone this morning at a Sydney Tech Startup Meetup at Fishburners. My trip to meet him is based solely on the strength of two things: a recommendation from Jane &#8211; a Misfit friend of mine from Canada, and Nick&#8217;s\u00a0tweet last night:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you give serendipity a chance in your world? Do you dance with chance?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Kellet (@NickKellet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickKellet\/status\/512181299574874112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Today, ask yourself the same questions. How would the world look if you danced with chance a little more?<\/p>\n<p>With love,<br \/>\nIsrael. xo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Do you give serendipity a chance in your world? Do you dance with chance?&#8221; &#8211; Nick Kellet A question, instead of a statement. Something to ponder. I am going to meet Nick well outside my comfort zone this morning at a Sydney Tech Startup Meetup at Fishburners. 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