Jul 23 (edited) • General discussion
Everything is an opportunity
This is an important lesson. I've been learning these past few years.
Most people are looking for opportunities.
I’ve learned something different.
Everything is an opportunity
I didn’t always believe that.
- A challenge is an opportunity to grow.
- A setback is an opportunity to reset.
- A frustrating conversation is an opportunity to connect on a deeper level..
- A closed door is an opportunity to find a better one.
When you begin to see life through this lens, you notice opportunities that most people completely miss.
Here are a few that I was thinking about this morning as I was journaling.
A company kept emailing me about working with them. I already had my own business, so I kept brushing them off.
The VP and the CEO continuously reached out to me week after a week.
They were relentless😠
Finally, I thought... Wait a second… let’s have a conversation.
Twenty-five minutes later, they became my client.
- Everything is an opportunity.
Years ago, I was selling newspaper ads for a small paper that hardly anyone knew. I just making enough to survive.
An upset customer called because they had placed a help wanted ad for a sakesperson in our paper, but it had never been published.
After I helped them, I thought, Wait a second… I’m looking for a better sales opportunity.
So I called them back.
They hired me.
That decision changed my career. I went on to break every sales record in that company’s history during my 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th years.
- Everything is an opportunity.
Another time, I received what looked like a phishing email with an invoice attached. Instead of deleting it, I called and asked, “Has your email been hacked?”
It had!
We started talking, uncovered some business challenges, and he became a client.
- Everything is an opportunity.
Then there was the guy who sent me one of those spam LinkedIn messages.
Instead of ignoring it, I replied:
“Would you like to learn a better way to do this so you can get the results you're looking for?”
He became a client. 5% of people who spam me on LinkedIn now...become my client.
- Everything is an opportunity.
The difference isn’t luck.
It’s perspective.
Most people ask, “How do I get through this?”
Start asking, “What’s the opportunity here?”
That one question is changing how I look at my business, my relationships, my faith, and my life.
Because opportunities rarely announce themselves.
They usually arrive disguised as problems..
- What opportunity are you missing, because it's disguised as an inconvenience or problem?
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Everything is an opportunity
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