‘Opportunities come
rarely’, one needs to be extremely cautious to capture every possible
opportunity that comes one’s way, think most of us. Indeed opportunity
doesn’t come your
way; you need to look for it wherever you go.
Many of us do strongly
believe that it is some one else’s responsibility to give us a chance and when
not given we tend to blame the superiors, the organization and the policies. Generally the agony creates an impulse to
ascribe the fault to something outside. ‘They due it to me’ is the feeling we
nurture to support our ‘external locus of control’- a psychological state where
a person makes situational and environmental factors liable for his failure or
a missed opportunity.
The fact is this: People
who miss an opportunity do so because they fear it. The reason is
‘Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work’ as Ann landers said. It doesn’t knock your door as commonly
believed; it just waits outside the door patiently with added beauty day by day
for you to
open the door. It’s never too late for you to grab an opportunity
and there is no limit either. All depends on how frequently you open the door
and check for it. Opening the door
implies setting the mind free and open to evaluate and accept
new ideas, to
perceive things from a different angle. Opening the door also means improving
your knowledge, sharpening the skills and being enthusiastic all the time. Learning adds strength to your armory. So
whenever you find something to aim at, you don’t have to be left with no
arrows. A
problem can sometimes
hide in it an opportunity. Take an example of a writer who when fired from
employment started writing seriously and became world famous for the work. One
may happen to come across new things in the process of solving a problem leading
to creative thoughts.
“A pessimist
sees the
difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every
difficulty.” says Winston Churchill
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