Day: March 16, 2020

‘Opportunities Don’t Happen.You Create Them.’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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You can create your own opportunities. You have what it takes to create your own opportunities. Don’t go through life and miss what will make you a success.

We think opportunities are for special people. No, they are not. Opportunities belong to those who look for them. You get what you look for. And if you do not look for it, you will not find it.

Opportunities are within your reach. They are not what you cannot find. You can find them. They are in your workplace. They are on the street. They are in your library. They are everywhere. The question is, how can you create your own opportunities?

Chris Grosser said, “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” He is right.

You can create your own opportunities by what you do every day. You can create your own opportunities by focusing on what is working for you. You can create your own opportunities by asking the right questions.

“Opportunities are everywhere.”

You can find your own opportunities in your current workplace, so do not ignore it. Take advantage of it. Do not ignore what is not working. Find out why it is not working. Listen to people who know more than you do. They have a lot to teach you, if you are ready to learn. Be curious. Ask questions about what you do not know. The more questions you ask, the more questions you will need to ask.

You can create your own opportunities if you can focus on your life. The more you focus on your dreams, the more you will know whether they are your dreams or not. Opportunities can come to you if you focus your mind on the positive things that are happening around you. You cannot find what you are not looking for. Opportunities are everywhere. If you want them, create them.

Finally, you can create your own opportunities by what you tell yourself. If you want to find opportunities, you must keep telling yourself that you can find them. If you believe you can, you will. But if you believe you cannot, you won’t.

Create your own opportunities. Because no one will create them for you. You can.

‘If I Will Not Be Myself, Who Will?’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Workplace Learning Report
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I know who I am. I do not know who you are. But if you are not you, who are you? One of our purposes in life is to be who we were created to be.

If we are not who we were created to be, who are we? It is important to be yourself. It is also important to know who you are. It is even more important to know who you are not.

You cannot achieve success in life if you don’t know yourself. You cannot be happy in life if you don’t know yourself. You cannot move forward in life if you don’t know yourself.

“If I won’t be myself, who will?” – Alfred Hitchcock

It is very difficult to be ourselves in a world where people want us to be something else. They want us to do what they say. They want us to live their lives. They want us to look like them. Believe me, if you really want to be yourself, you MUST have the courage to stand against all forms of imitation.

Imitation is a disease. Imitation prevents you from knowing your real self. The world does not need imitation. The world needs original people.

Why is it important to know yourself, to be yourself, and to know who you are not?

You will not waste your time doing the wrong things if you know yourself. But you will pursue the wrong dreams if you don’t know who you are not. You will be with the wrong people if you don’t know who you are not. You will be in the wrong relationships if you don’t know who you are not. You will focus on the wrong things if you don’t know who you are not.

It does not matter what you are doing now. What matters is, “Does it represent who you are?” If it does, continue to pursue it. But if it does not, it is time to look for something that will make you who you really are.

You can be your real self if you want to. You are the maker of your life. No one else, but you.