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I like today’s graphic because it forces the issue of being proactive.

I know too many people who seem to be waiting for opportunities to come to them. They are usually not happy people and may be frustrated people. They are almost always very passive people – people who don’t speak unless spoken to and who never extend their hand first when greeting others. I’ll bet that you know some people like that, too.

The interactions that we have with others always presents opportunities – opportunities to learn and to make new friends. Those opportunities never come to those who choose not to interact,, usually out of fear.

Other opportunities may present themselves if one just ventures out in the world, perhaps the opportunity to experience something new and exciting. Yet there are those who out of fear of harm or the fear of failure hunker down in their homes and seldom venture out. They exchange the passive role of observer, perhaps through the use of television or the internet, for that of participant. Opportunity seldom knocks through the TV or PC screen.

So, what are you to do to create opportunities? The simplest answer is the old phrase, “put yourself out there”, both literally and figuratively.  You cannot score the winning goal or make the sale that gets you the promotion or find your true soulmate for life if you are literally not out there trying. And, being out there but shrinking back from everyone and everything will not bring opportunities either. If you have gotten yourself to the game the next step is to get into the game.

Opportunities for growth, for friendships and even for love are all around you if you but expose yourself to them. Make your opportunities happen. Put yourself out there and put yourself in the game.