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What life event had the best impact (value over replacement event) in your life?

Value over replacement event akin to the baseball statistic, value over replacement player: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_over_replacement_player

While one's life is a product of a huge number of events/decisions, for most people, there are a small number of events/decisions that have far reaching impacts on their trajectory.

Some common things that often have a significant impact on one's trajectory (vs the replacement level decision/event) include:

- moving to a new city/country

- getting hired for a new job

- who you marry

- what to study in college/where you attend

Sometimes, far more narrow and specific things can change a persons life like deciding to travel somewhere, taking up a new sport, starting a blog etc.

I am very curious to hear, what events/decisions, where you could have easily chosen a different path that did not lead to the same outcomes, had the most positive impact on your life?

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Re:What life event had the best impact (value over replaceme... by aszantu on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:51AM (#27381334)
Switched diet (i know its annoying to some folks...) , found out about allergies. After a lifetime of Depression im almost 40 now and for the first time in my life able to hold down a stable job.