The air we breathe is so freely
available that we take it for
granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than
a few minutes.
For the most part, the same air is
available to everyone, and everyone
needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around
and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the
energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.
Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so
freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is
not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon
in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to "get in" on a
"ground floor opportunity", as if the opportunity will do all the work.
That''s impossible. Just as you need air to breathe,
you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in
the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that
opportunity. That''s not up to the opportunity. That''s up to you. It
doesn''t matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is what
you do with it.