Why Most People Miss Opportunities
It Is Not For The Lack Of Opportunities That Exist
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Why Most People Miss Opportunities
It Is Not For The Lack Of Opportunities That Exist
I'm currently in the Process of looking at Multiple Opportunities that have been Presented to Me for the Future of My Career.
This is something that I have done Multiple Times over the years...
Likely, I will do it Many More Times.
Most Opportunities that are Presented to Me I have to say No to...
But the Opportunities Still Present Themselves.
However, I Know that Many People Struggle to Find Opportunities.
Which led me to the Question...
Why Do Most People Miss Opportunities?
That is what I will set out to Answer Today.
Now, there are a Large Variety of Reasons that People Miss Opportunities.
For instance...
Many people will Miss Opportunities because they are Attached to a Single Opportunity...
One that they May or May Not Get.
Now, I'm All for Going Big for Your Dreams and Chasing that "One" Opportunity...
But Simply because You Chase an Opportunity does not Guarantee You Will Get It...
Or Keep It.
As "Many" People have Discovered in the World of "Tech Opportunities"...
Sometimes the Opportunities are in High Demand, making it Difficult to get Seen...
Then, Sometimes You Land the Opportunity, Only to get Laid Off without "Any" Consideration of Your Abilities.
This is Why it can be a Good Idea to Keep Your Eyes Open to Opportunities that Exist.
I Know this can be Difficult...
I've Had Some Opportunities that I've Pursued...
Even Multiple Times...
And Been Denied those Opportunities which I "Really" Wanted.
Sometimes, the Best Thing You can Do for Yourself is Move On...
And "Show" them Why they Were Wrong to Deny You.
Which Brings Us to the Next Reason...
Focus.
Especially in Today's World of Burnout, Many People Struggle with Focus.
Their Attention is Everywhere...
Except Where it "Needs" to Be.
So it is Not that there is No Opportunity...
Rather, because they Struggle to be Focused, the Opportunity Slips Past them without them Realizing it was Ever There.
It is Difficult to Spot when Opportunity is there unless You Have Enough Focus to See It.
But what Happens when You "See" the Opportunity?
Then there are some Other Challenges that Tend to Cause People to Miss Opportunities.
The First is Fear.
When the Opportunity Presents Itself...
Many People become Flooded with Fear.
Asking a Million Questions...
Doubting Themselves and their Abilities...
Often, Fear Stops Us from Seizing Opportunities...
Which becomes a Larger Problem because of Habits and Vicious Cycles.
See...
The Opporutnity Presents Itself, which Creates Fear...
Our Bodies Naturally want to Overcome the Fear - It's a Part of How "Survival" Works.
So...
Whenever We Experience Fear, our Survival Systems Pay Attention to "How" We Overcome the Fear...
If We Overcome the Fear by Pursuing the Opportunity and Succeed...
Then Our Bodies "Remember" that for the Future, and We are "More" Likely to Pursue Opportunities.
But...
The Opposite is Also True.
If We "Overcome" the Fear by Running from the Opportunity...
And "Succeed" in No Longer Being Afraid...
Then Our Bodies "Remember" this Strategy...
And in the Future, We are "More" Likely to Run from Opportunities.
This Becomes a Vicious Cycle of "Opportunity, "Fear", "Run", "No Fear"...
Which Becomes a Habit.
The Longer the Habit Remains...
The Harder it is to Overcome.
Not Impossible...
Just More Difficult.
Fear becomes a Driving Force in Many People's Lives, which Drives them Away from So Many Opportunities.
Another Challenge for Many People is Energy (Mg-ATP).
Our Bodies Run on Energy, called Mg-ATP.
When We Lack "Enough" Energy...
"Everything" Seems to be More Difficult.
What is Required in "Any" New Opportunity?
Energy.
So, when we are Already Lacking Energy "Before" the Opportunity Presents Itself...
It becomes Difficult to Justify the Energy "Cost" to Pursue the Opportunity.
Now, this "Justification" often Occurs Subconsciously.
Our Bodies "Know" that We are Lacking Enough Energy (Mg-ATP), even for Basic Functions...
So, Our Bodies will Subconsciously and Subtly "Convince" Us Against Pursuing the Opportunity...
Even if "Logically," the Opportunity would be Incredibly Beneficial!
Our Bodies will Prioritize Short-Term Survival Over Long-Term Logic whenever possible.
But this is Not the Only Thing that will Cause Us to Miss Opportunity.
Another is Lacking Imagination, Creativity, and the Power of Leverage.
Especially when We Lack Focus...
We may be Presented with an Opportunity...
See it for a Few Seconds...
Not Look for "How" the Opportunity Could Be Used...
And then will Continue Forth and Largely "Forget" that the Opportunity was there at All.
The Forgetting is just a Part of Being Human...
If You "Really" Paid Attention, You'd Notice the Number of Opportunities that We Immediately Pass without Considering "What" they are or "How" they could be Used.
But then the Issue is that "If" You Look at It...
Would You Really Consider "What" the Opportunity is or "How" it Could be Used?
Let me Give You an Example.
I am a Sageship Coach...
I often work with Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, and C-Suite Executives and Help them Achieve their Goals.
So when I was Presented with an Opportunity to Participate in a Fitness Competition...
You Might have Asked "Why" I would Ever Consider Doing It?
Clearly, the Opportunity Did Not "Directly" Help My Clients.
It Did Not "Directly" Impact my Knowledge or Provide any sorts of Certifications.
So what would the Point Be?
To which I would Tell You...
You lack the Creativity and Imagination to See "How" I Could Leverage the Opportunity.
I saw the Opportunity to Discuss Psychophysiology in a New Platform.
I saw the Opportunity to Unite the Community Around Me.
I saw the Opportunity to be an Exemplar of Regenerative Legacy Design, which at the time was a Brand-New Category of Business Design that I had Coined.
I saw the Opportunity to Create a Better World.
Maybe it did Not "Directly" Help My Career or Clients...
But I Saw "Many" Indirect Ways to Leverage the Opportunity...
Which Created More Opportunities when Companies wanted to Sponsor My Athletic Career...
I went from Doing Athletics for My Health...
To Becoming a Semi-Professional Athlete Nearly Overnight...
Creating Sponsorships and Partnerships which I can Now Leverage to Help Clients get Access to Better Tools and Equipment for "Their" Health...
So that they Can Reach their Peak Performance...
Which then "Directly" Impacts their Work Success.
The Feed.
"All" of these came Directly, or were Leveraged Afterward, from that "Singular" Opportunity.
Do You See How with Imagination, Creativity, and Leverage...
You can Turn Opportunities into So Much More than they Appear?
I Did Not even "Win" the Competition...
But Seizing the Opportunity Opened "Many" Doors to Other Opportunities.
Which Brings me to the Last Reason that So Many People Miss Opportunities...
You Must Be Seen...
And Sometimes this Means that You Must "Create" Opportunities.
Put Yourself Out Into The World.
Sometimes, with Minimal Resources.
A Large Part of the Reason I Get So Many Opportunities...
I Make Myself Seen.
I have Written and Published Daily Articles for Over 900 Days in a Row...
My Writing can be found on 7 Different Writing Platforms.
I Post on 9 Different Social Media Platforms.
I have had a Podcast and TV Show in the Past that You Can Still Find, and I'm Preparing to Launch Another Soon.
It is Hard to Deny Someone when they Make Themselves Unforgettable.
Not Impossible...
You "Do" Still Need to Get Results in whatever Pursuits You Take...
But When You Mix Undeniable Results with Becoming Unforgettable...
It becomes a Gigantic Blessing to Find and Receive More Opportunities.
Opportunities Do Exist...
Go Find Them.
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