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Odd Thriving principle

Lessons from Ocean Sunfish

Thrive strange.

Open-Ocean Disk Drifting

Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) featured animal image on AnimalDex

Core lesson

A strange shape can thrive when it stops apologizing for its design.

Biological basis

Ocean Sunfish have huge flattened bodies, swim with dorsal and anal fins, bask near the surface, and feed largely on gelatinous prey such as jellyfish.

Best use cases

Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.

Unusual designSelf-acceptanceDriftingOcean lifeNonconformity

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