The most purpose driven, successful, inspirational people around me, they seem to have something in common,

which is that they intuitively cultivate serendipity. They see a little bit more in unexpected

moments and then they connect the dots and turn that into positive outcomes. And so the fascination

was, is there a science-based framework for this? Is there a science-based framework for cultivating

this kind of smart luck? And so that's kind of in a way what I'm most excited about now.

Hello and welcome to Trigonometry. I'm Francis Foster. I'm Constantin Kissen. And this is a show for you

if you want honest conversations with fascinating people. Our brilliant guest today is the author

of Connect, the dots that are in science of creating good luck. Dr. Christian Bush, welcome to Trigonometry.

Thanks so much for having me. It's really great to have you on. Can't wait to talk to you. Before we do

though, you've had an interesting life traveling around the world researching things. Tell everybody

who are you, how are you where you are? What has been the journey through life that brings you to

be sitting here and talking to us about your book and good luck? Yeah. Well, I used to be that

kid in high school. I was thrown off high school, had to repeat a year, probably helped the

unofficial world records of how many dustpins and trash cans you can knock over on your way to school

when you're driving. And then one day, it wasn't so lucky anymore and a crash into four-part cars,

you know, all cars completely destroyed, including my own. And I won't forget the policeman who came

to the scene. And he was like, oh my god, he's still alive. And so that idea that I was supposed to

be dead that stuck with me. And I asked myself all these weird questions, you know, if I would have

died, who would have come to my funeral? Who would have actually cared? Was it all worth it? And,

you know, at that point, I had mostly depressing answers. And so it took me on this intense search

for meaning, trying to figure out what is life all about. And I read this amazing book, Victor

Frankel's Man's Search for Meaning, which is all about how do we find meaning in tough circumstances?

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