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What does it mean?
The biggest life choices are often made without much thought.
In plain terms
Important future decisions usually happen without planning.
What can you take from it?
Life-changing moments often happen by chance.

Where it applies

  • career shifts
  • relationship changes
  • life transitions

Putting it to work

  • pause before big moves
  • acknowledge chance

Questions to consider

  • What decisions did you make without thinking?
  • How much control do you really have?

Another view

Some major decisions are very deliberate.

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