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Rachel Paul
Rena Tom of Makeshift Society tell us the role that chance has played in her amazing journey and how to take creative risks.
About the speaker
I help people work together better - usually makers, brands, and people with creative projects. I'm also founder of Makeshift Society and Market Editor of Anthology Magazine. I love donuts.
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Being given a chance is different than taking that chance for yourself.
Chance becomes this cumulative thing and not, you know, a lightning bolt from the sky.
Make things a little bit uncomfortable for yourself sometimes so that you have to pay more attention.
Chance is fuzzy. It doesn't really work with optimization; it depends on interpretation.
I think the myth of the lone genius has been pretty well debunked at this point. And while there are rare geniuses who are brilliant all on their own, the game isn't really over for the rest of us.
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