Focusing on the problem, focusing on the solution

Reminds me of a commercial I saw earlier today while watching D-Back/Cubs game. It was about opportunity is always there, as long as you know where to look.

It showed a little girl playing in the sand at the beach. As she was building a sand castle, she unburied and then buried a $54,000 diamond ring, unknowingly of course. The commercial ended when another lady came along and placed her beach bag on top of the ring, leaving it once again unnoticed.

Go D-Backs!

Dennis

Hi Dennis,

I agree that opportunities are all around us.... But we have to "train" ourselvers to see them....

I see entrepreneurial skills as being a bit like jungle survival skills.... Except they are "urban jungle" survival skills!

Just as if you were lost in the jungle, to survive you would need to know how to find food to eat.... In the "urban jungle" it's the same, but you need to be able to spot money-making opportunities!

I think the best way to start learning how to spot these opportunities is to just "do it".... Start doing "something" - even something as simple as buying a few little items, and selling them on eBay. Once you start, as you get more experienced, you start to see more and more opportunities....

(A subscription to The Great Ideas Letter also helps too !)

Thanks for your comments Dennis! :)

- Dien Rice

Dien,

I couldn't agree more. Just Do It.

I used to think that I could just wait for the perfect opportunity and act on it once it came. I finally realized that I was actually watching them pass on by. Once I realized that, I was able to Just Do It.

In the jungle, it is a matter of Survival of the Fittest. In a sense, it is the same in the urban jungle.

Dennis


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