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Most of the time you simply do not know when, where, and how opportunity will knock.
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Make things happen, and in the long run, you’ll design your own serendipity, and make your own opportunities.
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Shared experiences lead to trust, which leads to people’s sharing information and opportunities.
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Breakout opportunities come and go – if you don’t seize them, you lose them.
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The lesson is that great opportunities almost never fit your schedule.
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To move forward in your career, you have to commit to specific opportunities as part of an iterative plan, despite doubt and despite inconvenience. If not now, when?
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There’s competition for good opportunities. And because of that, if you can intelligently take on risk, you will find opportunities others miss.
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If you don’t have to seriously think about the risk involved in a career opportunity, it’s probably not the breakout opportunity you’re looking for.
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…the more compelling and complex the opportunity, the more uncertainty tends to surround it.
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When you’re resilient, you can play for big opportunities with less worry about the possible consequences of unanticipated hiccups.
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