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Seek
out and act upon opportunities
By Debbie Allen,
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If you prepare yourself, you will be
able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Success building opportunities are all
around you. Sometimes you see
them and sometimes you don't. The
difference between a successful self-promoter and someone that lacks the
skills is that they have better eyesight.
They see the opportunities while others let them pass right by
going completely unnoticed.
To improve your opportunity awareness and
eyesight, you must be active in seeking out opportunities for your growth
and success everyday. Stay open-minded to the possibilities. This skill and awareness must be with you at all times.
What is an opportunity?
A chance, a break, an occasion for celebration. To refer to a
favorable or advantageous circumstance or combination of circumstances.
Chance often implies an opportunity that arises through luck or by
accident.
Often successful people hear the words -
You are so lucky, everything you touch turns to gold! While the less
fortunate feel that they will never get a lucky break.
In addition, they feel that they will never be as successful unless
they win the lotto. The lotto may not be a very realistic option, but
having opportunities in front of you for success and happiness are.
If you feel you will never be successful or
will ever get that lucky break, unfortunately you are right.
Success and opportunity seeking begins with a positive state of
mind and a strong belief system in yourself and your abilities.
Your first big break may need to come from
inside of you. We all can be
hard on ourselves at times and can tend to distrust our own true abilities
to succeed. As we begin to
trust ourselves personally and magnify our beliefs we tend to open
ourselves up to an endless stream of opportunities.
With successful opportunities comes risk.
To be truly successful you will have to take chances and risks
along the way. Don't worry
about failing, failure is just a lesson you needed to learn along that
journey. Learn from your
mistakes, pick yourself up and move on again.
Those things that don't kill us make
us strong. - Anoynmous
Another awareness for seeking opportunities
is to know that they often come in disguise. You may not notice them
because they don't fit into your business focus or planned goals at the
time. Begin to become more
aware of those hidden opportunities that your competition may be missing.
Five Steps Towards Your Next Successful
Opportunity:
- Build a stronger opportunity awareness
around you.
- Trust in yourself, your beliefs and
abilities.
- Take risks and ACT upon great
opportunities.
- If you fail, pick yourself up and move
on.
- Be aware of opportunities in
disguise.
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Bio: Debbie
Allen is one of the world’s leading authorities on sales and marketing.
She is the author of five books including
Confessions of Shameless Self Promoters
and Skyrocketing Sales.
Debbie has helped thousands of people around the world attract customers
like crazy with her innovative, no-cost marketing strategies and secrets
to sales success. Her expertise has been featured in
Entrepreneur,
Selling Power and
Sales & Marketing Excellence.
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