Advice on How to Create Opportunities for Yourself!

Opportunity Won’t Fall In Your Lap: 5 Ways To Go Out And Get What’s Yours

            

Opportunity knocks on all of our doors; we just aren’t always home to receive it.
I’ve always found the old adage of “right place, right time” to be something of a flawed theory. Sure, I believe in some element of circumstantial luck, but there has to be something more.
There has to be some element of this equation that gifts us some control over the whole thing. You can be in the right place at the right time, with opportunities all around you, but if you aren’t open to it on every level, then it’s really just a waste.
In this life of the unexpected, we simply cannot (nor should we try to) control everything. However, if you find yourself sitting in all the “right scenarios” and always coming up short, it could be true that you are unwittingly sitting there with blinders on. Here’s how to take them off:

Know What You Want

This one sounds obvious, but in actuality, most of us have yet to figure it out. And there’s nothing wrong with that. In all likelihood, if you’re doing it properly, what you want will never be a constant. You will always find yourself tweaking the dream, adding frills and trimming fat.
However, it helps to establish mini goals and successes. Look to short-term plans for guidance and motivation and ensure that some aspect of each day, no matter how small, is dedicated to achieving the goals.
Knowing what you want, on any level, sets coordinates in your brain and triggers action and thoughts, even if just subconsciously. You will always be headed toward what you want if you have some clue as to what that is.

Visualize Getting What You Want

Take the time to find a peaceful space to reflect on what you want.  You can know what you want with every fiber of your being, but if you can’t visualize having it and living it, then it’s all just an out-of-reach pipe dream.
See your finish line in your mind; taste the success and relish the moment as if it is just around the corner.

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Embrace Hidden Opportunities

While there’s something to be said for maintaining focus and staying on course, never forget to keep a corner of your mind open to the unknown. Take every chance you can and turn over every stone that piques your interest and explore every possibility.
Not every opportunity that presents itself will seem like an ideal fit to the master plan, and that’s okay. Try it on for size and find out for sure. Never pass something over simply because it doesn’t meet the ideal criteria – doing so might be the biggest mistake you ever make.
As we journey through our lives, it’s often the long shot that completes the picture.

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Get Up And Go Get It

Most great success stories don’t start with, “So there I was, sitting around, doing nothing, and the chance of a lifetime fell into my lap…” While putting yourself in positive situations with some advantageous timing can certainly help, nothing beats going out into the world and consciously seeking out opportunities.
No one has more to gain from your success than you do. No one will ever work as hard to see you get what you want in life because, quite frankly, everyone is busy working on him or herself. Create your own “right time, right place.”
Know in your heart what you want out of life. Picture yourself on the right path, enjoying the fruits of your labor and seeing it all come together. You have everything you need to chase a dream — after all, you designed it.

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Maintain A Positive Attitude

Smile — it’s simple. I suppose it’s also a little over-stated in motivational literature, but it’s the truth. When you exude positive energy, people cannot help but be drawn to you. There are zero benefits to a negative attitude.
Carry yourself with the same joy you envision yourself feeling when it all comes together. Every day you wake up is a gift, so stop looking for the receipt and make the most of it.

Courtesy of Susy Alexandre from elitedaily.com

Employee Spotlight: The HR Intern Jocelyn

With every new opportunity in your life, it comes with excitement, anticipation, and worst of all, fear. There is always the dread of having a terrible first day and not being able to keep up with whatever is being thrown at you. I arrived to the office with this mentality and a side of first day jitters. As the saying goes, hope for the best and expect the worst.

               Coming intothe office, I was instantly greeted with ecstatic welcomes by whoever I happen to come across. The upbeat music and commotion coming from the back of the office convinced me that this day would have a better chance of ending on a positive note. That definitely helped ease my anxiety and prepare myself better for the workday. After introductions, I eventually eased into the workload while occasionally being asked whether I was being overwhelmed. I was not at the least. By keeping my mind focused on completing the tasks, there was no stopping me in getting the work done. Personally, there is nothing I enjoy more than working in fast-paced situations.

My fear of not being able to keep up was overhyped in my mind when I was able to ask questions about anything that was newly introduced to me. The people and environment allowed me to thrive in my work.  I just had to remember that I was hired for a reason and was more than capable to complete anything. It’s always all in your mind.

Now, you can catch me at the front desk getting used to my daily grind. Feel free to say hello because I’m always open for a good conversation!

 

Top 20 Quotes To Inspire Graduate Students

Top 20 Quotes To Inspire Graduate Students

When a student is close to graduation, everything is perceived with exaggeration. The degree will inevitably open many doors into the future, but students have difficulties staying motivated at this stage.

What will happen after school is over? How will the real world accept me? Will all the fun be over? How will I ever get a job I love in this economy?

We understand your worries and we’ve all been there at some point of our lives. It can be stressful to deal with the changes after graduation, but nothing is better for staying motivated than some words of wisdom by people we all appreciate.

Whenever you have difficulties facing the reality and imagining your future after graduation, read some motivational graduation quotes as an instant source of inspiration.

20 Quotes to Inspire Students

1. “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis

2. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

3. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

4. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.” – Ella Fitzgerald

5. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison

6. “All our dreams can come true… if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

7. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

8. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss

9. “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell

10. “Share your sparkle wherever you are.”  – Dodinsky

11. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs

12. “My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you’re going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges and instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them.” – Ruth Westheimer

13. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

14. “Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make good art.” – Neil Gaiman

15. “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” – Mark Twain

16. “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” – JK Rowling

17. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh

18. “Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that.” – Ellen DeGeneres

19. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” – Nora Roberts

20. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” – Dr. Seuss