Hey guys! Wishing all of you a very very Happy New Year! I hope this year brings you meaningful experiences and amazing opportunities! That’s actually what we are here to talk about today. Opportunities.

I believe many of you have some or the other thing planned for this new year. “Resolutions” for making this year better than the previous one. And that’s a great thing actually. Even I have a few; expanding my work horizon, completing my eco system, going for a nice vacation, increasing my earning, and lastly figuring out what to do with my life haha. That’s true, I am quite clueless at the moment; but I am also of the opinion that the only way I can secure a good future myself, is by focusing on the present and making the best out of every opportunity I get. 

Now this is my personal opinion about Opportunities in general; you are welcome to disagree with me. In fact, I would love to have a conversation with you if you have a different perspective. I believe opportunities are always there around us. Multiple of them at the same time, just waiting to be realized by us. They don’t pop out of nowhere; there just comes a time when it’s difficult to miss them. But do we just keep waiting for them?

We are like potters. There’s mud and clay around us. When WE DECIDE  to make something out of that clay, only then can an article can be created. Similarly, there are opportunities all around us, waiting to be explored. It’s us who realize them or at times even create them for our own progress.

Another one of my resolutions for this year is to not WAIT for things to just happen. I plan to create opportunities and pursue them in every way possible to achieve what I want to in life. In my opinion, an opportunity does not determine success; it’s the CHOICE to pursue it that does.

Have a look at this interesting video that effectively proves my point:

Everything that happens in life contributes to the bigger picture. Success in any field, I believe, is not due to great major decisions, it’s a compilation of good minor decisions taken everyday by a person. 

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Brian Tracy

If you choose to smoke a cigarette everyday, then a few years down the line you know what’s going to happen. And it’s not going to be good. If you choose to read a good book for a few minutes everyday, it will definitely help you improve your language skills. How you choose to live your life on a daily basis determines your success in life. Hence, every single day is an opportunity. Every single minute is an opportunity to be better than what you were yesterday.

So don’t beat yourself up over “lack of opportunities”. Believe in yourself, and you will definitely find one that helps you move forward. Sometimes opportunities might not really look like opportunities; they may not have any obvious gain, but they might pay off in unexpected ways. Be ready for surprises!

I plan to live by this philosophy and make good choices every day this year. I believe in the power of “Choice”. I feel ready. Do you?