#💡 #🟢 # fortuitous encounters journal prompts ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>May 15, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 02, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Journaling MOC]] - What are you willing to give up in order to lead others? ([Location 175](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=175)) - Think of times in your life when you were mad or frustrated. Was there an opportunity to choose a different reaction? As a leader, how do you help others choose to be positive? How do you take responsibility for your own choices? ([Location 244](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=244)) - How do you show appreciation for the fortuitous encounters in your life? What are you willing to give to create fortuitous encounters for others? ([Location 270](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=270)) - What experiences have you had where you felt like a torch was passed on to you? What experiences have you had where you have passed a torch on to someone else? ([Location 330](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=330)) - How has a fortuitous encounter encouraged you to take the personal risks necessary to improve the company you work for? ([Location 443](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=443)) - How has a fortuitous encounter given you a chance to do something you would not have been able to do before the encounter? ([Location 488](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=488)) - How has a fortuitous encounter led to a longterm mentor in your life? How has a fortuitous encounter led you to mentor others? ([Location 540](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=540)) - How do you show appreciation and thankfulness in your life? How can a grateful spirit lead to more fortuitous encounters? How do small encounters built over time become a fortuitous life? ([Location 596](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=596)) - What is your personal mission, motto, or brand? How do you live this mission? What gift have you given to people that you have encountered along life’s journey? What knowledge or skill do you “passionately” want to share with others? ([Location 643](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=643)) - What do you have to teach? How do you know when a lesson has been taught? How does being a teacher create fortuitous encounters for others? ([Location 688](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=688)) - Have you ever had a dream that you thought to be most fortunate? What was it, and why did it matter to you? ([Location 746](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=746)) - How has an encounter with someone led you to see things differently? How has travel opened up new possibilities in your life? ([Location 778](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=778)) - How do you shape others? How do you seek the inner beauty in others? What do you see when you look at another human being? ([Location 810](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=810)) - What memory from your past, one vaguely or vividly remembered, deserves another review by you to distill its essence and to teach you anew? One gift of memories is that we can go back to them again and again, and with our spiritual imagination, find deeper and fresh applications. Do that now…Find a deeper meaning in a memory of a conversation, an encounter, an event, that popped you out on the other side of your life. Once you do that, go share your story with a friend or your partner, and listen to one of theirs. ([Location 901](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=901)) - How do you make yourself accountable for your own life? How have negative encounters later become positive in your life? ([Location 952](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=952)) - How does listening create positive encounters with others in your life? How can demonstrating a skill become a fortuitous event for others? ([Location 1006](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=1006)) - What legacy do you hope to leave to others? Do you imagine ways in which you can serve and lead others as a mentor and a friend? ([Location 1080](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BLNPHTO&location=1080)) ## Sources [[Fortuitous Encounters - Davis & Spears]]