Spotting opportunities is one of those skills that have to be honed. Some people have a gift for it, and others have to work hard just to become adequate in it.
Thomas Edison said: “We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
I perfectly agree with him.
Here's why.
Often times opportunity rarely presents itself as a straight line to happiness. It’s more like a nudge in our brain or a hello from a stranger. It might be something we failed at. A new problem. A disappointment. Or feeling so stuck that remaining the same simply isn’t a choice.
We simply might not see it.
And it’s not just how we see the world. It’s how we think about ourselves that can blur possibilities.
But you can change that.
Let me show you how.
By the way, this is not one of those articles that will tell you to go fishing but wont tell you how. It's not one of those articles that will tell you to believe in yourself when you simply don't know how to believe in yourself.
Here, I'll show you simple ways to identify opportunities with examples.
An opportunity in plain terms, is a chance to make a difference for yourself and/or for someone else. That’s it in a nutshell. We can change something — usually for the better.
The form it comes in is specific to what matters to us as individuals. And whether we can see it or not depends on how we think and act.
There are opportunities everywhere, whether you see or not. All you have to do is to open your mind.
To spot opportunities, we always have to consciously be on the lookout for them. This requires an intensive mind shift. Look at it this way. If you walk into a dark room, you are not likely to find an office pin dropped on the floor unless you consciously and deliberately put on a torchlight to search for it. Only then will you find it. Get it now?
Okay enough of that.
Here are a few things to actively lookout for in your everyday life in order to spot new opportunities.
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