Opportunity!

by Scott Ski 19. October 2009 10:29

It is often said you should love what you do, but that's not necessarily true. What is true about any situation is that you should love the opportunity. The opportunity to build life, to construct a future, to enjoy health, to develop success and to amass a fortune. Knocking on someone's door or calling them may not be something you love to do, but you love the opportunity of what might be behind that door or beyond that call.

For example, a guy says, "I'm cleaning toilets! Am I supposed to love cleaning toilets?" The answer is, "No, you don't have to love cleaning toilets, but if it is your first entry onto the ladder of success, you say, 'I'm glad somebody gave me the opportunity to clean toilets and I'm going to do it so well that I won't be here long.'"

You can always be inspired by having found something new. Even though you are making mistakes in the beginning and even though it may be a little distasteful taking on some new discipline that you haven't learned before, you can do it! You don't have to love it, you just have to learn to appreciate America, appreciate opportunity and appreciate the person who brought you the good news; the one that found you.

Appreciate the person who believed in you before you believed in yourself, appreciate the person who said, "Hey, if I can do it, you can do it." The one that gives you that opportunity, no matter how bad it seems, is someone to be appreciated.

If you will embrace the disciplines associated with the new opportunity you will soon find that your self-confidence starts to grow. Soon you rise from being a skeptic to being a believer. And when you go out person to person, talking to people, you will eventually find it to be the most thrilling prospect in the world. If you consider every person you meet to be an opportunity, what would that amount to? Unlimited potential!! Maybe even a friend for life. The next person could be an open door to retiring. The next person could be a colleague for years to come. It’s exciting and life enhancing, even though in the beginning, when we are just getting started, we don't always see how big it is.

So, before you are ever tempted to give up or get discouraged, remember that all success is based on long term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few other stepping stones along the way. You might not like the stone you stepped on right now, but it's sure to be one of the stones that will lead to great opportunities in the future.