Opportunity Scape Called Life

“If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.”

-Kanye West

How many times have you complained that you didn’t succeed due to lack of right opportunities in life?

How many times have you let go of chances believing that you were not good enough?

How many times have you knocked down opportunities when you thought you had not prepared enough?

What many of us call turning points in our lives are opportunities that some people have seized or failed to seize. We are presented with opportunities all the time but it is we who choose to ignore or utilize them. And some of us even complain later as we couldn’t recognize them at the right time.

If you want to create the life you dream of, you must take grab of as many opportunities as possible is important. Sometimes just one opportunity can make the difference between an extraordinary life and a mediocre one.
So the key question is “Are you taking advantage of every opportunity in life?”

The English dictionary defines opportunity as a favourable time, circumstances or a condition to achieve a particular goal.  Success in anything depends upon seizing the opportunity and acting upon them. Every small step in the right direction can lead to bigger and better opportunities.

You must remember that every day brings with it opportunities, an opportunity to chase your dreams, an opportunity to be courageous, an opportunity to love and an opportunity to make a positive difference in this world.

How to spot an opportunity

How to spot an opportunity may be the key entrepreneurial trait. You start by looking for opportunities by opening your mind. Sometimes an opportunity is presented in the form of a difficulty or a setback. In such a case, some people are able to spot them where others only see obstacles.

“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

-Thomas A. Edison

When you have enough clarity of what you really want, you are able to recognize the opportunities that come on your way.  You just need to be in the right state to attract the right opportunities in your life.

Saying “Yes” more often makes all the difference

Opportunities are not always exclusive to you. Others might be tempted to grab them before you. If you hesitate or take too much time in contemplating whether it’s good for you or not, you may lose out.

Grow your network

More jobs are found through networking than online job postings. More the number of right contacts you have, more opportunities will follow.

Don’t be a passive player

By asking a lot of questions about the world, you get a better understanding of it. Don’t be a passive player. Try and figure out why things are the way they are. A lot of opportunities come and go without you even realizing it.

Positive attitude can turn the wheel around!

Your attitude plays the most significant role above and beyond everything else, even above the things that happen to you. Positive attitude creates a chain reaction of positive thoughts

and acts like a magnet for great opportunities in your life.

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

-Winston S. Churchill

Can you focus on life changing opportunity in the worst of circumstances?,  the confidence with which you say yes to this question determines how positive are you.

That opportunity was not meant for you!

“Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you.”

-Mandy Hale

Everything happens for the reason. There is nothing under the heavens that happens without a

purpose or a proper time whether you know what it is or not. Some opportunities were not meant for you in a particular phase of your life, just let them go.

Take failure as feedback

“Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.”

? Roger Von Oech

Everything negative – problems, setback, failure, pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for you to rise. Once you install this belief, you are empowered to move forward after learning the lessons that have presented themselves. The only real failure is the one from which you are unable to learn anything.

To hell with circumstances, create opportunities!

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. “

-Milton Berle

Do not wait for opportunities but make them. Remember the same chance is never offered twice. Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Know your strengths and weaknesses

What is that you are good at? What can you do better than others? What is that you can do to add value to others lives?

When you are in touch with your strengths and weaknesses, you realize that there are opportunities where you are. They are all around you.

Commit to continuous improvement

Utilize every opportunity to upgrade yourself so that when important occasions arise, you will have mindset, skillset and toolset to make a difference in your life as well as others.

Believe that greatness is your birth right. With such a belief and conviction, become unstoppable in a way that you ignite your passion and unleash your full potential. You can choose to make the most of opportunities in your life instead of living a life of regrets. And as you bring this forth, you create a life that you truly deserve!

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”

-Mother Teresa