All of us are looking for a signal that the economy is back on track and it's time to step out and expand our business, invest in a venture or make some long-awaited discretionary purchases.
Well, guess what? That message is not coming. The signal light is always on, you just have to look for it.
Sometimes we have a distorted look and a lazy approach. Consider:
• It's easier to settle for average than strive for achievement.
• It's easier to be saturated with complacency than stirred with compassion.
• It's easier to be skeptical than successful.
• It's easier to rationalize your disappointments than realize your dreams.
• It's easier to belch the baloney than bring home the bacon.
Some of us think easy is not the best highway. Some of us believe the door to opportunity is always open, you just have to step through it. Consider:
• Opportunities and motivation are connected. Motivated people see opportunities, and opportunities are often what motivate people.
• Great attitudes precede great opportunities. Who you are determines what you see.
• Today is the best day for an opportunity. Opportunity always takes “now” for an answer.
• Opportunities are the result of pluck, not luck. The people who succeed seek out opportunities, and if they can't find them, they create them.
• Opportunities don't present themselves in ideal circumstances. If you wait for all the lights to turn green, you will never leave your driveway.
• Opportunity without commitment will be lost. Abandoned opportunities are never lost,they are simply pursued by the competition.
• Opportunity is birthed out of problems. If you're looking for a big opportunity, find a big problem.
• Opportunities either multiply or disappear. The more opportunities you pursue, the more you find behind them.
• Opportunities must be nourished if they are to survive. As Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, says: “Feed an opportunity; starve a problem.”
Either take the easy road or the opportunity, it is up to you.
Well, guess what? That message is not coming. The signal light is always on, you just have to look for it.
Sometimes we have a distorted look and a lazy approach. Consider:
• It's easier to settle for average than strive for achievement.
• It's easier to be saturated with complacency than stirred with compassion.
• It's easier to be skeptical than successful.
• It's easier to rationalize your disappointments than realize your dreams.
• It's easier to belch the baloney than bring home the bacon.
Some of us think easy is not the best highway. Some of us believe the door to opportunity is always open, you just have to step through it. Consider:
• Opportunities and motivation are connected. Motivated people see opportunities, and opportunities are often what motivate people.
• Great attitudes precede great opportunities. Who you are determines what you see.
• Today is the best day for an opportunity. Opportunity always takes “now” for an answer.
• Opportunities are the result of pluck, not luck. The people who succeed seek out opportunities, and if they can't find them, they create them.
• Opportunities don't present themselves in ideal circumstances. If you wait for all the lights to turn green, you will never leave your driveway.
• Opportunity without commitment will be lost. Abandoned opportunities are never lost,they are simply pursued by the competition.
• Opportunity is birthed out of problems. If you're looking for a big opportunity, find a big problem.
• Opportunities either multiply or disappear. The more opportunities you pursue, the more you find behind them.
• Opportunities must be nourished if they are to survive. As Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, says: “Feed an opportunity; starve a problem.”
Either take the easy road or the opportunity, it is up to you.