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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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The Eight Traits
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Lemons to Lemonade
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It's a Small World
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The Kindness of Strangers
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Necessity Is the Mother (and Father) of Invention
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Staying On and Straying Off the Path
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Get a Job
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Happy Accidents
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Who'd'a Thunk It?
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"You Never Know!"
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Appendix
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The Ten Commandments for Turning Serendipity into Success
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Yiddish Glossary
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Notes
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Resources
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Index
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For Those Desperately Seeking Susan
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