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As Gloria Estefan once stated:

"The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line?  Will it be everything you dreamed of? We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take."

There is profound advice in the above quote.   Hand write it on a sticky and put it where you will see it often. Or better yet, keep it with you on your smartphone. Study it often. Opportunity abounds.   Always has… always will.  Especially in tough times. But it NEVER knocks twice. In fact, opportunity doesn’t knock at all.   It never makes a sound. Opportunity is something you SEE… something you FEEL… something you SENSE.  

Rather than what we've been trained to expect, opportunities behave quite differently. You must have powerful lenses with which to see and sense them.  It is impossible to see opportunities surrounding you unless you have sufficient vision. It is impossible to seize these opportunities unless you have sufficient power. The bottom line is that seeing and seizing opportunities requires real power.   Personal power is a choice.

VISION, OPPORTUNITY, and SUCCESS are linked, and for most people, just outside their line of sight. So, get more powerful glasses!

Consider the following:

1. Do you have the physical energy to chase down and capture opportunities given to you? 
2. Do you have the sense of purpose to actually see opportunities you are presented with?
3. Do you have the team-building synergy to get other people to help you with those opportunities?
4. Do you have the organizational skills necessary to systematically pursue those opportunities… or is your lack of organization holding you back from even getting started?
5. Do you have the action-oriented mindset necessary to move those opportunities beyond theory and into your life?

Are any of the above five areas of performance standing between you and the opportunity?     If so, what will you do to improve it?

Let me close with another quote that resonates with me.

"If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade!" ~   Tom Peters

Judy Curtis,

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