Opportunities

Date:Sunday,12th of December, 2021
Day 15 prompt: "about Opportunities"
Published by: Greatwolfman

The world is filled with a lot of opportunities just waiting for you to seize them, but do you have what it takes to do that?

To borrow a quote from who I consider to be one of the greatest rappers of our time, Eminem

If you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?

[Source - Lose yourself]

I spent hours pondering on this trying to figure out what to do with my invaluable time. I hope this article inspires you to seize opportunities when they present themselves to you.

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Opportunities come but once, False!

This is a statement created by people to prevent lazy people like myself from procrastinating, but the truth is that if you look closer, you will discover that there are a lot of opportunities staring right at you in the face but you fail to notice them. The lucky ones who have this opportunity fail to appreciate it until it is gone.

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To this day, a lot of people still pass on this opportunity, which is funny because this is probably the best blogging site I have ever come across. You only need to know how to write and communicate with other readers. As a student, I've observed that writing helps to improve vocabulary as well as improved cognitive abilities.

Yet, people still give a pass on it without even realizing the opportunity they are turning down, at a time I got demotivated from telling people about it unless I sensed the willingness to actually take it seriously but after the meet-up, we had here in school to discuss on the path forward to build our BCH community here in Nigeria, I have decided to give it one more shot.

Writing is a self-developing skill that could be helpful even during a job search, some people fail job interviews just because they are unable to write an attractive application letter, it happens believe me.

Creating opportunities

A few days ago, I was in class taking a newly introduced course that is supposed to prepare us for life after graduation as we go on to look for Jobs and how we can develop our personal and professional skills to help us in the ever-competitive Construction Industry.

If you check the news, you will notice that the rate of unemployment all over the world has been on an increase for a long time and it continues to trend even higher, ever wonder why is that when there are jobs littered all over?

The truth is that even though there are jobs, there is a required level of skill required to grab the opportunity, the real question you should ask should be

"What can you do that others can't?"

By finding an answer to that question, you haven't only created value for yourself but also created an opportunity for yourself, the world is constantly evolving, you just have to try and keep up with the changes to remain relevant.

I attended a webinar yesterday and a professor from Australia demonstrated using a well-written presentation showing just how much technology can make working in the construction industry more efficient and someone asked a very important question.

"Will schools have to change their current curriculum to adapt to the new changes?"

The answer was straightforward, not everything you need to survive outside the school will be thought in the classroom, other skills you will have to learn them on your own. After giving that a lot of thought I discovered he was right, almost everyone taking the same course in schools does the same thing, hence the reason why we have to learn other skills applicable to the industry is to stand out. Opportunity is knocking, are you going to answer?

My closing thoughts

The world is filled with a lot of problems, a good way of creating opportunities is to find solutions to those problems. Don't feel relaxed, push yourself to do more to be better and stay relevant. This is how great entrepreneurs are born, the journey isn't always easy it won't, there will be several records of failures but the harder the battle, the sweeter the victory so ride on, in the end, you will look back on the effort you have put into getting to where you are right now and smile.

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