When Opportunity Knocks
by, Corey Wells

If an opportunity were to present itself later today, will you be ready? When the phone rings later tonight and you are asked to make a presentation to a huge client in the morning, will you be prepared? If you were offered a job at double your current responsibility, would you take it? If the boss quits tomorrow and the company looks to you as a replacement, are you ready?

As often happens in life, opportunities sometimes seem to come out of nowhere. You may be technically competent to take advantage of a situation, but will you be mentally ready. Some will make excuses why they can’t grab an opportunity when it lands in their lap with comments like, “I don’t think I have the experience”, or “There’s not enough time to prepare.” Do any of these sound familiar?

The perfect alignment between the availability of opportunity and your preparedness rarely occurs. You need to be ready when opportunity knocks, because most times, it only knocks once and you need to get to the door. So how do you get prepared? Practice! You must prepare your body, mind and skills as if every day there will come a knock at the door. Search your soul to discover what you really want. Then ask yourself, “Am I ready?”

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1. “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
   Unknown
2. ” Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”
   Dale Carnegie
3. ” “In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.”
   Unknown
4. ” I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden,and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.”
   Henry David Thoreau
5. “Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.”
   Joe Gores
6. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
   Thomas A. Edison
7. “Reach into life, it is a teaming ocean! All live in it, not many know it well!”
   Goethe
8. ” “For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much – if he lives and uses that in hand day by day – shall be full to running over.”
   Unknown

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Keeping a Positive Outlook
by, Corey Wells

Studies have shown that positive thinkers tend to live longer than negative thinkers. But maintaining a positive outlook is not easy. Health problems, stress at work, family challenges, and social interactions can frequently make it very difficult to stay optimistic. Mental illness, genetically inherited tendency for depression and our early childhood treatment can also have a significant affect on our ability to stay up-beat. However, even with these obstacles, it’s still possible to learn positive thinking.

A positive attitude can foster improved self-confidence and increased self-esteem. By thinking positively, we’re more likely to see ourselves as capable of completing any task or solving any problem. Unfortunately, sustaining a constantly positive attitude can often be challenging for most of us.

The best way to overcome a negative attitude is to choose to have a positive outlook. If you’re constantly thinking negative worst case scenarios why not start thinking positive best case scenarios. Both outcomes are possible but what you focus on is what you will attract to your life. Why not choose to focus on the most outrageous positive outcome you can dream.

When you feel yourself getting negative or thinking of a negative situation. Quickly think of 3 outrageous positive outcomes or situations. This quick switch in thinking makes all the difference. Believe it or not, it works!

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1. “You’re alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It
   could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen.Choose. Act.”
   Barbara Hall,
2. “A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.”
   Jean Paul Richter,
3. “If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it’s time to reflect on what’s come before.
   Mitchell Burgess,
4. “Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. ”
   Lee Iacocca
5. ” If you have the guts to follow the risk, however, life opens, opens, opens up all along the line.”
   Joseph Campbell,
6. “Loyalty is still the same,
   Whether it win or lose the game;
   True as a dial to the sun,
   Although it be not shined upon.”
   Samuel Butler
7. “People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.”
   Ogden Nash
8. “Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.”
   E.H. Chapin

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