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21 Principles of Opportunity

How to find and take advantage of any Opportunity

By Bill Thomas

How do you usually find your opportunities in life? Do you wait for them to "knock-on-the-door"? Are there people you know, like psychics, gurus, and consultants, who show you a couple of choice ones?

It was Thomas Edison who said, "[creative] genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!" Most people think that finding and exploiting opportunity is exactly the opposite of what Edison believed. He knew that it involved more work to shape and form opportunity than it took to actually "find" it.

Highly inventive and creative people see opportunity all around themselves everyday - the hard part is choosing which opportunity they want to take advantage of today.

Now that you possess these "PRINCIPLES OF OPPORTUNITY", you will want to apply them to your daily experiences. You may confidently view them as your guide and adviser whenever you look at the world or its situations. If you wish to discover, or reveal the many hidden yet abundantly supplied opportunities that surround us all then these items are for you.

Remember that your true advantage relies upon your use, usage, implementation and exploitation of these 21 Principles. May they bring you the very best success in your endeavors!

To find Opportunity - you must…

1. Recognize it
2. Perceive it
3. Conceive of it
4. Imagine it
5. Invent it
6. Evaluate it
7. Assess it

To make Opportunity ready for use - you must…

1. Shape it
2. Form it
3. Sculpt it
4. Tailor it
5. Sew it together
6. Put it together
7. Assemble it

To use Opportunity - you must…

1. Step forward into it
2. Pull yourself/others into it
3. Push yourself/others into it
4. Throw yourself/others into it
5. Step backwards into it
6. Jump into it
7. Fall into it

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About the Author:
Bill Thomas is Managing Principal of Syntopic Intelligence -
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