How Do You Attract Opportunity Into Your Life?
by Jim Rohn
I recently was asked, "How can we have more
opportunities come into our lives?" Good question, but I think my answer
surprised them a bit.
I bypassed the obvious (and necessary) points about hard
work, persistence and preparation. They actually were very hard workers. And
they had the great attribute of being seekers; they were on the outlook. But I
felt maybe they were missing this next and most valuable point: attraction.
I always thought opportunities and success were things you
went after, but then I found out that I needed to turn it around. Opportunities
and success are not something you necessarily go after, but something you
attract - by becoming an attractive person.
That's why I teach the development of skills. If you can
develop your skills, keep refining all the parts of your character and
yourself, your health, your relationships, etc., so that you become an
attractive person to the marketplace, you'll attract opportunity. Opportunity
will probably seek you out. Your reputation will probably precede you and
someone will want to do business with you. All of the possibilities are there
by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract.
The key is to continue making yourself a more attractive
person by the skills you have, the disciplines you have, the personality you've
acquired, the character and reputation you have established, the language and
speech you use - all of that refinement makes you more attractive to the
marketplace.
Personal development: the never-ending chance to improve
yourself, attract opportunities and affect others.
- Jim Rohn
