Opportunityisnowhere!

Happy Monday!  What do you see in the above?

 

"Opportunity Is No Where."

 

or

 

"Opportunity Is Now Here!"

 

Don't you hate these optical delusions sometimes? (not a Freudian slip either!)

 

Yes, it depends on your perspective of the moment if you see Opportunity or not...in the words above or in your situation.

 

Make no mistake, opportunity is all around you.  The obvious ones are the ones everyone can see.  They are crowded, have reached critical mass or saturation.

 

That is what makes it look like "Opportunity is No Where".

 

Some opportunities are not so obvious or they are catered specifically to you; the way you do business or your unique Strengths. They have to be discovered and uncovered but as I always say,"

 

"A Solution Is In Your Situation."

 

The best way to extract new opportunity from the current environment is to take inventory of them.  For consistency of this exercise, let's go back to our $100,000 objective, rank your opportunities in several areas;

 

Opportunities in prospecting for the clients you need.

 

Opportunities in closing the prospects you find.

 

Opportunities in getting repeat business and/or portfolio selling more than one product

 

Opportunities in getting referrals

 

Unique opportunities will require work to leverage.  What makes an opportunity crowded is that the path of least resistance means more people want to get in.  When there is "free and plenty" they will be many. 

 

Look outside the box at your industry.  Solve a tougher problem than others are willing to tackle...it will take work but will be worth it!

 

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls

and looks like work."

Thomas A Edison

 

 

Review a previous opportunity that didn't work out.  To have success requires three components - Opportunity, Timing and People.  If you tried something before and it didn't work, the timing may have been off or you needed to develop a particular skill or learning.  Like the child with the shoe from yesterday...it may be time to try again.  

 

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

Henry Ford

 

 

Opportunity is special in that it will open it's arms of access to anyone willing to put in the effort.  It gives special reward to those who are early and eager.

 

Opportunity is fickle in that it will let anyone in...even those not fully prepared or with the right motives...

 

That is what damages a noble profession like sales.  Opportunity never says "enough is enough"... that cry for change is what leads to innovation and ingenuity when the opportunity needs to Evolve.

Review your opportunities.  Some of them will require innovation and ingenuity and you will see them "pop out" of your environment magically.

In a "Eureka" moment you will have a flash of inspiration and see that 

"OPPORTUNITY IS NOW HERE!"

 

 

Until tomorrow, I wish you Money, Power, Success!