Opportunity comes our way …

Friday, June 12, 2015

opportunityOpportunity comes our way….

 

I often bump into or get connected with some of my high school or college class/college mates. This sends me to the world of reflection and memory mode trying to recollect details about this old friend or acquaintance of mine. When things get put together and I can see how things have changed over time in regards to this person. How he or she is faring now and what sort of opportunities were taken by this friend. How successful an opportunity has turned in to for this friend?

Time and time I notice that one thing is common to many of my friends who have been successful and unsuccessful in career or life can be pointed to the opportunity that was seized or missed out in the right time and place.

Two thoughts come up in regards to opportunities and they are so true when we look back and the reality is that it happens to us too.

“Many of us wait for opportunity to knock on our doors. However, most successful people are prolific door openers and do not wait for knocks.”

“Many times SUCCESS is more about DOING the things you know you should do, not waiting to learn the ‘secrets’ that you don’t know.”

Another motivational quote that I found on the web that reads like this;

“Lucky people get opportunities; Brave people create opportunities; And Winners are those that convert problems into Opportunity.”

There are numerous illustrative stories told where opportunity plays a key role in the lives of people’s success. Here are a few links for you to connect and read them.

http://www.jackharpster.com/helping_hands_helping_hearts_opportunity_village.html

http://www.pravsworld.com/making-the-most-of-every-opportunity/

http://www.fropky.com/when-opportunity-knocks-vt35574.html

http://www.seeksuccess.com/million-turned-20-5-stories-opportunity-determination/

– David Wilson –

Lecturer, Avondale Business School