Comments on: Can You Train Yourself to Recognize Opportunity? http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/ Strategies for Positive Change Tue, 22 May 2012 22:25:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Every Successful Entrepreneur follows these 3 Growth Strategies http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/#comment-42362 Every Successful Entrepreneur follows these 3 Growth Strategies Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:46:38 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-42362 [...] bombarding you from every conceivable source, how can a budding entrepreneur distinguish between real opportunities and mere busy work? Answering this one question correctly can literally mean the difference between [...] [...] bombarding you from every conceivable source, how can a budding entrepreneur distinguish between real opportunities and mere busy work? Answering this one question correctly can literally mean the difference between [...]

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/#comment-17071 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:55:22 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-17071 Greetings Sandra, you are so right and yet human nature always seems to be drawn to the quick fix, minimum effort, pie in the sky version of opportunity. Go figure! Greetings Sandra, you are so right and yet human nature always seems to be drawn to the quick fix, minimum effort, pie in the sky version of opportunity. Go figure!

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/#comment-17070 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:53:06 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-17070 Hi Susan, thanks for putting a name on that quote. Even though I didn't remember the exact wording, those words have stayed with me for many years and greatly influenced my view of work. Edison was an amazing guy! Hi Susan, thanks for putting a name on that quote. Even though I didn’t remember the exact wording, those words have stayed with me for many years and greatly influenced my view of work. Edison was an amazing guy!

]]> By: Sandra Hendricks http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/#comment-16937 Sandra Hendricks Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:08:27 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-16937 Hi Jonathan, I do agree that opportunities are disguised as work! Often a string of opportunities is what produces the overall goal. Hi Jonathan,

I do agree that opportunities are disguised as work! Often a string of opportunities is what produces the overall goal.
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]]> By: Susan http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/#comment-16847 Susan Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:41:24 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-16847 The actual quote from Thomas Edison was, "Opportunity is often missed by people because it is dress in overalls and looks like work." Ann Landers is quoted saying something similar. The actual quote from Thomas Edison was, “Opportunity is often missed by people because it is dress in overalls and looks like work.” Ann Landers is quoted saying something similar.

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/#comment-16841 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:31:02 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-16841 Hi Jo, that's a great quote. I have a feeling that you might enjoy another article on the subject of giving called <a href="http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/are-you-giving-without-expectation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Are You Giving Without Expectation?</a> Hi Jo, that’s a great quote. I have a feeling that you might enjoy another article on the subject of giving called Are You Giving Without Expectation?

]]> By: Jo http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-you-train-yourself-to-recognize-opportunity/#comment-16799 Jo Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:45:10 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=1339#comment-16799 Hi Jonathan, Thanks for this inspiring reminder, particularly when things are not going as we would have liked or we wonder why business is so slow when our competitors are flourishing. It reminds me of the great saying by Francis of Assisi: "... it is in giving that we receive..." Great post, keep it coming and thanks. Jo Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for this inspiring reminder, particularly when things are not going as we would have liked or we wonder why business is so slow when our competitors are flourishing. It reminds me of the great saying by Francis of Assisi: “… it is in giving that we receive…” Great post, keep it coming and thanks.
Jo

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