While waiting for opportunities..

The population of the world has reduced the total amount of opportunities in circulation, we have outgrown the available opportunity in the world today. I want to believe that the opportunities remain the same but the number of people who could take advantage of it is stagnant which means opportunities are not increasing like the population is doing.

I remembered writing a fun post about the insufficient opportunity in the world today, it is a bitter truth to know that not everyone will be able to lay their hands on opportunity in life.

The world has gone beyond the stage where opportunity is reserved for a person, we have gotten to the stage of hijacking even opportunities that don't belong to you. An example in my country is seeing a laboratory technology graduate working in a bank, it is just as simple as if opportunity doesn't come for you - hunt it down.

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Imagine an athlete that has been looking for an opportunity to perform on a bigger stage, he/she finally got it but failed to keep up with practice and threw away a chance that took almost ten years to fine.

The person has forgotten that he/she is not the only person seeking that opportunity.

We all must do away with the impression that a particular opportunity was made for us, it is a big lie. If you miss the opportunity at your first shot, someone who is prepared will take it with just one shot as well.

While waiting for an opportunity, what do you engage with/in? I will quickly say a very short true-life story.

I have a friend who studied computer science at a very popular University in Nigeria. He graduated with a good grade that every company would want to employ him. After graduation, he couldn't get a job easily. Why? He wasn't the only genius in the field, some experts are doing very much better than him.

He went from interview to interview trying to secure a job, finally, he gave up and started a side hustle with the hope that someday an opportunity will come his way.

Fortunately for him, after two years he was called by a company to be in charge of their website and database. The offer came with a good salary, he was really happy and prepared for the interview. On getting there, things went smoothly until he got to know that everything he knew was outdated.

He couldn't meet up with the standard he has set on his CV, the interviewer saw his potentials and knew what his problems were. He was offered the job of an assistant to what he was originally called for, I still regard that as a fair deal because it is better than not getting anything at all.

He was supposed to be the head but he ended as the assistant because he was doing nothing during the period he was waiting for the opportunity.

Nothing in life is stagnant, many of us are waiting for an opportunity but aren't doing anything to improve our skill or knowledge. I once wrote a post on how embracing a good advancement in any field could help us become successful in our careers, the world is changing every day and people who blend in with changes make great things out of it.

Imagine if the guy in the story has been updating himself with the latest website maintenance and database software, nothing would have stopped him from getting the right position he applied for. 

Many of us are in his shoes, waiting for an opportunity to come to us. Ask yourself " Will my skills and knowledge still be relevant when the opportunity comes? " While waiting it is important you develop yourself, keep a tab on the latest trend in your field, acquire knowledge every day, and don't ever give up on yourself.

Better still, we should go in search of opportunities instead of waiting for them to come to us.

If you are well prepared - am sure when the opportunity comes your way, nothing will stop you from getting it. Remember OPPORTUNITY doesn't come your way every day, it might take a very long time before another comes in.

Be prepared for the time is near.

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