Risk-takers not put off by failure
Louise O'Sullivan was looking for day care for her beloved pooch. Searching in her neighbourhood on Auckland's North Shore, she couldn't find anywhere suitable to leave her dog during the day while she worked as a corporate senior manager in the city.
Anyone else would probably just have found something in another location. But for O'Sullivan, it was the beginning of a process which led to an exciting new career path.
Now, two-and-a-half years down the track, O'Sullivan tells the story of how she established DogHQ, her day-care centre for dogs.
People like O'Sullivan, who spot and seize an opportunity, are different to most of us. Psychologists such as John Krumboltz, the father of Planned Happenstance theory, believes "serendipity is not serendipitous but rather it is ubiquitous: everywhere". MORE>>
Anyone else would probably just have found something in another location. But for O'Sullivan, it was the beginning of a process which led to an exciting new career path.
Now, two-and-a-half years down the track, O'Sullivan tells the story of how she established DogHQ, her day-care centre for dogs.
People like O'Sullivan, who spot and seize an opportunity, are different to most of us. Psychologists such as John Krumboltz, the father of Planned Happenstance theory, believes "serendipity is not serendipitous but rather it is ubiquitous: everywhere". MORE>>
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