5 Ways to Cultivate Your Own Opportunities

#3 — Create good karma

If you study the most successful people in the world, you’ll see a reoccurring theme.

They understand that opportunities don’t come to you unless you go out and look for them. Waiting for opportunities is a waste of time. Opportunities come to those who create it.

If you want something, you’ll find a way to get or achieve it. Otherwise, you’ll find an excuse.

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” — Francis Bacon

You cannot wait for opportunities to come to you, otherwise, you going to be waiting forever. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.

1. Understand Who You Are

Before you do anything to create opportunities, you need to know yourself on a deep level.

Anything you do should come out of a sense of who you are so that your unique skills can be used to the fullest extent possible. Identify what you can offer so they can align with your values.

It’s easier to begin to hone what is or isn’t an opportunity for you when you know your values.

For example, if you are highly skilled in psychology and value helping people others, then a great opportunity would be to look into medical or studying to become a psychologist as opposed to becoming a graphic designer.

To get a better sense of your unique skills or offerings, take time to reflect on what makes you special, what you value, and what skills you’d like to offer others.

Ask the closest family or friends to ask the following questions about yourself for reflection.

• What do you admire most about me?
• What unique qualities do I possess?
• What do I offer others?
• What am I naturally good at?

2. Step Out of Your Comfort Zone

Opportunities rarely happen in your comfort zone. You have to seek out opportunities.

If an opportunity were prone to present itself where you are, then you’d already have one. Use your confidence to step out your comfort zone and engage people and situations that will help get you to where you want to be.

If you want to start a travel blog, go somewhere you’ve never been and interview locals to get an insider’s look into the area.

If you’re looking for a business partner, join local entrepreneurial meetups and networking events. If you want to develop more self-confidence, join your local Toastmasters.

By putting yourself out there and meeting people who will support your dream, you’re more likely to create opportunities for yourself.

3. Create Good Karma

As much as creating opportunities is based on doing, it’s also about how you do it.

Being a good person and putting positivity into the universe invites good things to happen in return. Take time to genuinely connect with others, instead of having a one-track mind for building an opportunity for yourself.

By creating lasting, solid relationships, people will remember you when an opportunity arises that requires your expertise.

And when and where you can, volunteer your time and talent. Offer guidance and counsel based on your skills, establishing credibility and laying the foundation for when a full-blown opportunity presents itself.

Even if an opportunity doesn’t manifest immediately, have faith that something is on the horizon.

4. Believe in What You Offer

Once you have a strong understanding of who you are and what you want to offer.

Believe in your power to offer those skills. Develop self-confidence can open doors that you may not have knocked on before. By projecting this type of confidence, you encourage others to view you as an expert in your skills.

If you believe in yourself, others will too.

5. Be Decisive

When opportunities arise, take advantage of them with confidence. Don’t live with regrets.

You haven’t planned, primed, and nurtured a pipeline of opportunities to let them go to waste. The amount of preparation you’ve done will equip you to know where or not an opportunity is right for you.

You’re able to make an informed decision based on your confidence, skills, and knowledge of self.

Step into your power and feel assured that you cannot make a wrong decision. If you step into an opportunity that eventually turns out to be less-than-perfect, you’ll know that it served its purpose of leading you to the next one.

Every step in your journey happens for a reason.

All You Need to Know

Remember to enjoy the process, be patient, and maintain a positive outlook. Use those tips to create opportunities that align with who you are and what you were meant to do. This world needs what you have to give.

Understand who you are.

Step out of your comfort zone.

Create good karma.

Believe in what you offer.

Be decisive.