>>by capricious random events swinging their way as opposed to others'.
The idea is you better be prepared when they start swinging your way. A lot of time the opportunity is there, but the person is just not ready, like there are job opportunities all the time, but a very few people qualify or are can even do the job.
A lot of opportunities open up if you travel some distance with the work on hand. They won't even be visible to you when you start working. They only come to you after you've done some work.
Sometimes opportunities are also 'next steps' to anything you do. David Allen talks about in detail in his GTD book.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized - Sun Tzu
The idea is you better be prepared when they start swinging your way. A lot of time the opportunity is there, but the person is just not ready, like there are job opportunities all the time, but a very few people qualify or are can even do the job.
A lot of opportunities open up if you travel some distance with the work on hand. They won't even be visible to you when you start working. They only come to you after you've done some work.
Sometimes opportunities are also 'next steps' to anything you do. David Allen talks about in detail in his GTD book.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized - Sun Tzu