Friday, May 01, 2009
Opportunity Hopping? Or Abundance?
When you get caught up in opportunity hopping you jump at whatever opportunities present themselves. You hear about a money-making opportunity and you jump at it. When it doesn't pan out, you hear of another one and you jump at that one, too. You keep jumping at one after another, hoping for instant and dramatic success that never comes.
This opportunity hopping, though, is scarcity thinking. It is rooted in fear of loss. It acts on the thought that, "If I don't grab this opportunity, I'll lose out on something good."
In reality, though, we live in a world abundant with opportunities. Passing on one doesn't mean we won't ever have another one ever again. Other opportunities will come along. In fact, more will come along if we work from a mindset of abundance.
Working from a mindset of abundance involves recognizing what we have to offer and offering it freely to others. I'm not talking about sacrificing here. Working from an abundance mindset involves seeing that our unique talents and experiences are able to generate things that never existed before.
And as we do that, an amazing thing happens. We find more opportunities being drawn to us.
Have you ever seen wind blowing outside an open window? That wind pulls the curtains inside that window outwards, toward the screen.
That's the way that working out of a sense abundance instead of scarcity works. As good things flow out of us, they naturally draw more good things toward us.
If, on the other hand, we are desperately trying to pull things into ourselves because of our own feeling of scarcity, our flailing elbows will knock opportunities that pass by away.
Take a good look at what you have to offer. You'll find more there than you ever gave yourself credit for. And as you offer them, you'll find more good things coming your way.
That's just the way things work.
Jeff
P.S. I'll be dealing with the idea of abundance and scarcity more in this Sunday's free newsletter. I'll also be continuing my series on how to find a profitable niche market. If you're not already a subscriber, I urge you to sign up now to receive this and future newsletters to help you build your business.
When you get caught up in opportunity hopping you jump at whatever opportunities present themselves. You hear about a money-making opportunity and you jump at it. When it doesn't pan out, you hear of another one and you jump at that one, too. You keep jumping at one after another, hoping for instant and dramatic success that never comes.
This opportunity hopping, though, is scarcity thinking. It is rooted in fear of loss. It acts on the thought that, "If I don't grab this opportunity, I'll lose out on something good."
In reality, though, we live in a world abundant with opportunities. Passing on one doesn't mean we won't ever have another one ever again. Other opportunities will come along. In fact, more will come along if we work from a mindset of abundance.
Working from a mindset of abundance involves recognizing what we have to offer and offering it freely to others. I'm not talking about sacrificing here. Working from an abundance mindset involves seeing that our unique talents and experiences are able to generate things that never existed before.
And as we do that, an amazing thing happens. We find more opportunities being drawn to us.
Have you ever seen wind blowing outside an open window? That wind pulls the curtains inside that window outwards, toward the screen.
That's the way that working out of a sense abundance instead of scarcity works. As good things flow out of us, they naturally draw more good things toward us.
If, on the other hand, we are desperately trying to pull things into ourselves because of our own feeling of scarcity, our flailing elbows will knock opportunities that pass by away.
Take a good look at what you have to offer. You'll find more there than you ever gave yourself credit for. And as you offer them, you'll find more good things coming your way.
That's just the way things work.
Jeff
P.S. I'll be dealing with the idea of abundance and scarcity more in this Sunday's free newsletter. I'll also be continuing my series on how to find a profitable niche market. If you're not already a subscriber, I urge you to sign up now to receive this and future newsletters to help you build your business.
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