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Louis Pasteur - Chance favors the prepared mind. · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Anna Mcgibbon for August 18th, today's National
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  Serendipity Day. And what a beautiful concept to
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  celebrate serendipity, those happy accidents, unexpected
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  discoveries and delightful surprises that make life so
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  wonderfully unpredictable. National Serendipity Day was
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  created in 2003 by Madeline Kay with the goal to live
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  serendipitously and celebrate your aliveness.
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  The word serendipity itself comes from an old Persian fairy
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  tale about the three Princess of Serendip who were always making
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  discoveries they weren't looking for, finding treasures while
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  searching for something else entirely.
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  Think about the serendipitous moments in your life.
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  Maybe you met your best friend because you got lost and had to
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  ask for directions. Maybe you discovered a favorite
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  restaurant because your usual place was closed.
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  Maybe you found the perfect job through a conversation with a
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  stranger in line at the coffee shop.
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  Serendipity reminds us that some of life's best moments come not
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  from careful planning, but from staying open to the unexpected
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  and being willing to take the chores and saying yes to
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  opportunities that weren't on our agenda.
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  Which brings us to today's quote from the scientist Louis
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  Pasteur, who knew something about unexpected discoveries.
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  He once said chance favors the prepared mind.
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  Now, Louis Pasteur understood serendipity better than most.
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  Many of his greatest scientific discoveries came from happy
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  accidents, observations that led somewhere completely different
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  from what he was originally investigating.
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  But here's the key insight in his quote.
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  Serendipity isn't just about luck.
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  It's about being prepared to recognize an act on the
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  unexpected one it presents itself.
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  Think about that. We all encounter random events,
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  unexpected encounters, and surprising opportunities.
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  The difference between those who experience serendipity and those
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  who don't often comes down to awareness and openness.
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  The prepared mind notices when something unusual happens.
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  The prepared mind asks what if instead of dismissing the
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  unexpected. When you're walking through life
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  with curiosity, rather than just checking off your items on your
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  To Do List, you're more likely to notice the person next to you
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  reading an interesting book, the unusual path you've never
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  explored, the conversation happening at the next table that
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  might spark an idea. Serendipity happens to people
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  who are paying attention, who are willing to follow their
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  curiosity, and who understand that sometimes that best
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  discoveries come from being delightfully lost.
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  So today, in honor of National Serendipity Day, try to
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  cultivate what Pasteur called the prepared mind.
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  Stay curious about the world around you.
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  Take that slightly different route.
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  Start that conversation with a stranger.
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  Say yes to the invitation that wasn't in your plans.
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  Remember, serendipity isn't about waiting for magical
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  coincidences to happen, it's about being awake and aware
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  enough to recognize when they do.
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  That's going to do it for today. May your mind be prepared for
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  wonderful surprises, and may you be open to all the beautiful
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  accidents waiting to unfold. I'm Anna McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.