Luck is No Accident: Making the Most of Happenstance in Your Life and CareerUnplanned events - chance occurrences - more often determine life and career choices than all the careful planning we do. A chance meeting, a broken appointment, a spontaneous vacation trip, a fill-in job, a hobby - these are the kinds of experiences that lead to unexpected life directions and career choices. Luck Is No Accident is the first career planning book that actively encourages readers to prepare for the unexpected, to take advantage of chance events, to make the most of what life offers, and not to plan their careers. Krumboltz is one of the most honored and highly respected psychologists in the career development field. |
Contents
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Make the most of unplanned events | 3 |
Always keep your options open | 21 |
Wake up before your dream comes true | 33 |
Try it even without knowing the outcome | 53 |
Go ahead and make mistakes | 73 |
Take action to create your own luck | 89 |
Go for the job then learn the skills | 107 |
Enjoy yourself the good life is a balanced life | 121 |
Overcome selfsabotage | 135 |
Remember that luck is no accident important lessons about creating luck | 143 |
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