We’ve all heard variations of the phrase, so I won’t even mention it. But it’s inaccurate. Because opportunity doesn’t knock.
Sure it might happen once in a blue moon, but typically, things don’t fall into place. Your lap will remain empty (non-sexual reference, of course) and nothing/no one will come aknockin’ if you’re not out there chasing it!
Opportunity differs from person to person.
For me, it’s as simple as sitting on an airplane next to a stranger, who’s reading a book that I recently read. Striking up a conversation with said stranger, is the pursuit of opportunity. It’s taking the chance, and leaving my comfort zone to make a new friend, acquaintance or even business prospect.
What’s opportunity to you?
Sometimes, it’s in the simplest things. But we get so caught up with the big “life changers” (furthering education, finding new clients, taking new jobs, finding time for vacations, making large purchases), that we forget that opportunity truly exists everywhere.
It’s at your neighborhood coffee shop. It’s in your Twitter network. It’s with the guy sitting next to you at the bar (the less desperate looking one). It’s in the project that you’ve been thinking about kicking off or the blog you’ve been meaning to start. it’s everywhere.
So go get ‘em, tiger. The ball is always in your court. There’s never going to be a right time.
Time = past, present and future.
The past is long gone, no one knows what’s going to happen in the future, and right now is your best bet.
The right opportunity won’t knock. It’ll just hang out down the street within walking distance, waiting for you to come looking for it.
image by Elias Pirasteh