CREATING OPPORTUNITY by Jim Rohn
An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap
metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An
enterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit
part of town and sees a new housing development. An
enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas
of life.
To be enterprising is to keep your eyes open and your mind
active. It's to be skilled enough, confident enough, creative
enough and disciplined enough to seize opportunities that
present themselves...regardless of the economy.
A person with an enterprising attitude says, "Find out what
you can before action is taken." Do your homework. Do the
research. Be prepared. Be resourceful. Do all you can in
preparation of what's to come.
Enterprising people always see the future in the present.
Enterprising people always find a way to take advantage of a
situation, not be burdened by it. And enterprising people
aren't lazy. They don't wait for opportunities to come to
them, they go after the opportunities. Enterprise means
always finding a way to keep yourself actively working toward
your ambition.
Enterprise is two things. The first is creativity. You need
creativity to see what's out there and to shape it to your
advantage. You need creativity to look at the world a little
differently. You need creativity to take a different
approach, to be different.
What goes hand-in-hand with the creativity of enterprise is
the second requirement: the courage to be creative. You need
courage to see things differently, courage to go against the
crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand
alone if you have to, courage to choose activity over
inactivity.
And lastly, being enterprising doesn't just relate to the
ability to make money. Being enterprising also means feeling
good enough about yourself, having enough self worth to want
to seek advantages and opportunities that will make a
difference in your future. And by doing so you will increase
your confidence, your courage, your creativity and your
self-worth – your enterprising nature.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
http://www.jimrohn.com/
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