Good Morning,

“Comfort is a thief quietly stealing our chances for something greater. The quote says, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Most turn away when things get hard, convincing themselves it wasn't meant to be. But those who embrace the struggle don't just find opportunity, they create it.”

The paragraph above is a direct quote from Why True Opportunity Hides Behind Hard Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r553Tne244, so I can take no credit for it. The quote mentioned in this quote came from Thomas Edison, the inventor of our light bulb and many other items during his life.

Most things of value don’t just fall into our laps. They are not given to us by our government or anyone else. We need to search for them, work from them, and, many times, struggle to make them real. In today’s entitled society, it is all to easy to expect all of our needs to be met by big brother, our employer or someone else rather than needing to work for them.

It is all to easy to see successful people and think things just fell into their lap. Seldom true. Most of them had an idea and/or a dream and worked to make it a reality. We only see them once they have become successful.

What do you really value? What opportunity would you really like? What are you doing to make it happen? Are you actively working to make it happen or are you hoping it will suddenly materialize.

This week, look for opportunities, seize them, and put in the work to take advantage of them instead of hoping they will, somehow, just fall in your lap. Yes, this will take a lot of work as will anything of real value.

Jim