Before you can see an opportunity or anything for that matter, you must be looking.
It’s important to know that opportunities
don’t just happen. You must MAKE them happen. Making them happen requires
effort—action—on your part.
You must first begin with a STRATEGY that
supports your goal. Your strategy is a plan you develop that takes advantage of
opportunities that suit your unique skillset, desire, or purpose. This approach
puts you in the best position to SEE your opportunity when it emerges.
Once again, before you can SEE an
opportunity, you must be looking. As
obvious as this advice may seem, most people have to be reminded to LOOK. Looking
is an action word that compels you to do much more than to simply open
your eyes. It requires you to become actively involved in the search for
opportunities by paying attention to the indicators that lead to your
opportunity. Because, as we know all too well, OPPORTUNITY is not always
blatantly obvious.
Develop a curious nature if you don’t
already have one. Curiosity opens the aperture of life to include EVERYTHING
happening around us at any given moment. People who NOTICE things KNOW more
than people who don’t. They know because they DISCOVER things most others do
not.
Also, it’s important to know WHAT you’re
looking for and WHY you desire it. Be certain to be specific in terms of WHAT
you’re looking for. Specificity brings clarity to the forefront and provides
you with something you can sink your teeth into.
Therefore, define SPECIFICALLY what you are
looking for. If it’s a business opportunity, define the business. Describe it.
Is it a service? Is it tangible? WHO does it serve? What are the demographics? What
must you learn or begin DOING to attract the opportunity into your life?
WHO do you need to reach out to? The old
adage that “Contacts equal contracts…” apply here. The more people you know, the more
opportunities will come your way. And remember, your next opportunity may
likely be with someone you DON’T already know. So, networking is important.
Eliminate excuses.
Opportunity is ALWAYS present. Once you
start looking, your old excuses will lose their foothold and drop to the
wayside as you begin seeing ideas and trends just begging for you to adopt
them.
So, develop a habit of looking at
everything to see how you can improve it, how you can make it more fun, faster,
friendlier, easier, quieter, lighter, more exciting, more inviting or more of
an experience that’ll be remembered.
Take advantage of opportunities that
benefit others and your life will change as a result.
You can do this…as long as you…
Look for OPPORTUNITIES, Not Excuses.
- G -
"Opportunities are just beyond the horizon, waiting for you to discover them." ~ G. Westfal
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