Unless you’re extremely fortunate, you’ll be waiting forever for the best opportunities to fall into your lap, you need to be out there seizing and creating your own. For example you’re going to better improve your opportunities of finding the best investment property, stocks, job or whatever you may be interested in, if you’re out consistently looking for them. This might involve going to open houses every weekend, reading company reports, ringing around for desired jobs, searching for business opportunities or maybe turning your skills into an entrepreneurial venture.
It all about your Mindset
Making your own opportunities is about realising your full potential, it’s about building the character you need to create success and keep it in your life. I’m sure you have heard of people winning the lottery only to have spent or lost it in one to two years and be back where they started. As much as they wanted wealth they just weren’t prepared to cope with it. When you decide to go and make your own opportunities you are taking steps towards developing the mindset of a millionaire. Opportunities are everywhere but unless you are looking it could be a long wait for them to find you. It is also often the case that you may even miss an opportunity that’s right in front of you just because you aren’t taking any action. The ability to see opportunities is actually a developed personality attribute that can be explained in more detail by Dean Whittingham in his eBooks available at www.selfimprovementmindpower.com.
Something else we tend to do if we aren’t focusing on making opportunities, we tend to make excuses. There may be reasons in your life that make it more difficult for you than for some, but obstacles can always be overcome with the right attitude. An excuse gives you permission not to do or achieve something but if you recognise your obstacle as a reason you give yourself permission to find a solution. Making your own opportunities can take many forms and it simply means you find a way to achieve your goals by taking some form of positive action.
Ways to Make your Own Opportunities
I heard a story once of a redundant sales manager who wanted to find a high paying and rewarding job. So instead of just looking in the paper he decided to invest all his resources and advertise himself on national television at a peak viewing time. He received several job offers that same evening. Another story you may have heard was a young man printing his resume on a billboard and wearing it outside the offices in the area he wanted to work. If you want to purchase a certain type of property do you sit back and wait for the one you want to appear in the paper and then compete against the rest of the market? Or do you make up a small flyer and drop it in some letterboxes to find a willing seller?
Here is a short exercise you can do yourself or in a group to practise making your own opportunities.
- Write down what it is you want to achieve.
- Create a relaxed environment.
- Read out your objective or goal.
- Write down the first idea that comes to mind.
- Continue to do this, having a few friends or family to help makes it even better
Read out each idea without criticism. Wild and crazy ideas are just as great as any others. - Combine, alter or improve on any of the ideas. You will find they will gradually evolve. Continue to note these down.
- Continue for about 20 minutes.
- Discuss and evaluate how particular ideas could be put into practice.
Then go out and make it happen, but don’t forget some small rewards along the way are ok and help to keep it all balanced.
