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How To Never Miss A Good Opportunity Again

Excellent opportunities are everywhere. They surround us like the air that we breathe. And yet many people miss all the opportunities they are given because they just don't see them. In this article, you will learn how you can change this.

By René JungePublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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How often have you been annoyed when you hear about an excellent opportunity that is now gone?

If only you had known earlier that your dream apartment was free, that the great job your friend is doing even existed, or that the guy next door has the knowledge you would have needed yesterday.

Opportunities knock quietly and leave again if you don't open the door

To use your chances in life, you must first recognize them. To identify them, you have to think it is possible that they are there because otherwise, you won't look for them.

Many people would like to work from home and be able to manage their time freely. They ask their boss, but he says no.

Maybe these people then go on the Internet and google work from home. If they're smart, they'll ignore the garbage this search brings to light. The less smart ones pay some crooks money to promise them home office jobs in return.

The first group will settle for a no from the boss, and the second group will turn away angrily from anything to do with work from home because they have been cheated.

Now, these people no longer believe that their wish can be fulfilled. "I tried, but e didn't work," they then say and declare the world unfair.

Maybe they tell this to a friend, who then tells them about another friend who makes a lot of money as a blogger. And what do these people do then?

They do not listen. Because they have lost faith in the possibility, they are now deaf and blind to any evidence to the contrary.

Don't be like these people. If you hear from someone who has or does what you would like to have or would like to do, listen carefully. This information that the friend has given you on the side and without any particular intention could be an opportunity waiting for you to take it.

So you asked your boss, but he said no. You bought an online course in multi-level marketing and realized it was all bullshit. Then check off the options that didn't work and look for the ones that work.

Go through the world with your eyes and ears open as you think about your dream day in, day out, 24 hours a day. In this way, you program your mind to perceive even the smallest hints that could lead to the fulfillment of your dream.

These occasions can happen to you anywhere, but they often express themselves only very subtly. Chances are shy creatures that sneak up on you quietly and tap you on the shoulder carefully so as not to frighten you.

When such an opportunity meets a person who has been waiting for it, one thing leads to another. But if that person is distracted or closed off, the opportunity will retreat and try their luck with someone else.

Be prepared

Imagine you are sitting on a park bench on a summer evening, and a stranger sits with you. He pulls $10,000 out of his backpack and says, "You can have the money if you have a wallet I can put it in."

You startle. You left your wallet at home today. But the stranger probably doesn't mean it seriously. You' II get money without your wallet for sure. You tell him that you could put the money in your pockets instead, but the stranger refuses.

"No wallet, no money," he says, gets up and leaves.

Of course, it is doubtful that a stranger would offer you money and impose such an absurd condition. But what if you are sitting at your computer and a friend has sent you an e-mail with an irresistible job offer? He saw the ad and immediately thought of you. But he writes that you have to be quick because the deadline for applications is in one hour.

You click on the ad and read it through. It's the job you always wanted. The merit is extraordinary, and they seem to be looking for exactly you.

But they want a detailed resume and a recent passport photo. You don't have either one. You've been thinking about changing jobs for months, and you've probably already decided a dozen times to have new photos taken and update your CV.

Instead, you have continued to resent your current job and have done nothing to change your situation. Now that you could suddenly fulfill your wish right away, you are missing essential prerequisites that you might have fulfilled long ago.

This is what it looks like when a favorable opportunity meets an unprepared person. Everything seems to fit perfectly, but it is impossible to seize the opportunity.

If you had time until tomorrow, it would still work, but you don't have that time. So the opportunity is over and doesn't come back so soon.

Whatever your wish or goal is - be prepared for unexpected opportunities.

Expect that which is not to be expected. Expect the unpredictable. Please keep your eyes and ears open and seize the opportunity when it shyly peeps out from behind a tree.

Having wishes is not enough. You must also be prepared for the chance to realize them.

Usually, such an opportunity comes sooner or later to everyone. To the fewest, it occurs twice.

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René Junge

Thriller-author from Hamburg, Germany. Sold over 200.000 E-Books. get informed about new articles: http://bit.ly/ReneJunge

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