I once flew to Ireland for a weekend. My wife and I showed up at the airport in Toronto expecting to fly standby to Paris, but the flight was full. So we hopped on the only other flight with open seats - the flight to Dublin. I didn’t know it then, but I had become a Rational Flâneur. Unlike the tourist who’s stuck in a schedule, the flâneur embraces uncertainty. They alter their course easily based on new information. They keep their options open. And you can use this idea to embrace optionality and capture upside in your life and work.
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