The Opportunity Cycle 🔁

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Hi there, Happy Thursday!

I talk a lot about how Opportunity is Everywhere.

Because it’s true. 🫡

Every single day there are fresh opportunities to learn, develop, and act upon.

This doesn’t mean saying yes to all of them…

…but it certainly doesn’t mean you need to see a MASSIVE shift in your life before saying yes, either.

This DOES mean, however, that when you do say yes…

…you must go into it knowing that you have the opportunity to create another opportunity from that opportunity.

WOW… that’s a lot of opportunity in one sentence, but truthfully this is how you compound your pursuit of success to fulfill your wildest dreams. 🤩

Introducing…

The OPPO FLOW Opportunity Cycle…

Sooo…. How does this work?

Here are the six phases of the cycle…

• Mindset

• Preparation

• Awareness

• Opportunity

• Action

• Assessment

Let me break down for ya… 😉

This is where it all starts, ends, then starts again.

It’s all about perspective.

Are you able to keep an OPEN MIND? 🤯

Do you have the ability to look at the BRIGHT SIDE in all things? 😎

Can you see every experience as an OPPORTUNITY to learn something new? 📚

In order to figure out what you want the rest of your life to look like and determine the goals you need to achieve to make that happen…

…You MUST be of the mindset that you are willing to put in the work to change the trajectory of your life in a positive way. 🚀

This is where you actually put in the work.

When you’re stuck or feel like you don’t know what to do, this is where you simply become a knowledge seeker.

You don’t know what to do because you lack the education or skill.

We all have to START somewhere to prepare for new opportunity and no one begins as an expert on a new path.

Two great ways to gain insight…

1. Read books. 📖📖

2. Find someone whose already been where you want go. 👍👍

…Then ask questions. 🤔

There are a lot of people who don’t have the guts to ask questions to who they perceive as successful, out of fear that they may look incompetent or stupid.

If that sounds like you… STOP THAT. 🙅‍♂️🙅‍♀️

In reality, it’s your limiting beliefs getting the best of you.

If they think your dumb for asking questions and wanting to learn from them, then are they really as successful as you might have first thought?

NOPE!

For them, there’s nothing more fulfilling than educating others when they’re in a place to educate.

And there’s nothing more fulfilling when you can learn from others who have already been where you want to go.

It brings clarity and provokes new thoughts or ideas to gain clarity.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions and leverage those people around you, who are living out their own SUCCESS, to become better prepared for your future.

Preparation is also about putting your mind and body to work towards maintaining stronger, long lasting health. ❤️‍🩹

You won’t be able to act on any opportunities if you’re not here, so put an emphasis on your health to prepare for longevity.

Think about what changes you need to make and what daily habits you can incorporate to prepare mentally, physically, and spiritually in order to become the best version of yourself.

When you’re happy, healthy, and focused… you become UNSTOPPABLE. 💪

The more prepared you are, with the knowledge and positive habits you accumulate, the more confident you become.

Confidence brings self-awareness.

Knowing who you truly are helps weed out the stuff that’s stopping you from success.

You can start by defining your Personal Core Values to find alignment.

For a deeper dive 🤿 on how to do this… Check out 👉 FLIGHT #018 

The more self aware you become, the more awareness you’ll have for external opportunities that will further your growth.

If that’s the definition of AWARENESS, then developing an understanding that GOOD OPPORTUNITY exists is the key to jumping quickly when they arrive.

Be careful of your fallacies, however.

A bad opportunity can be easily sold as a good one.

Reflecting on your past experiences will help with having more aligned awareness in the future.

This is either created by the work you put in, discovered through the expertise you have, or developed by the relationships you’ve cultivated.

GOOD opportunities are the ones that…

• provide momentum in the right direction

• align with your core values

• promote positive energy

• serve your purpose

• spark ideas

Again… a good opportunity does not have to be HUGE.

They are, more often than not, small daily opportunities that will add up to those PIVOTAL MOMENTS.

Jump at the ones that make sense…

…and say NO to the ones that…

• steal your energy

• don’t serve your purpose

• make you experience self-doubt

• provide an emptiness in reciprocity

• are completely draining mentally and emotionally

This is where you leverage everything you know to be true from your experiences, your knowledge, the people around you, and your commitment to challenging yourself on purpose.

Jump. 🦘

GO ALL IN. 👊

You have nothing to lose…

You’ll either Win or Learn.

Don’t wait on this stuff.

Good opportunities are amazing when you act on them, but a huge bummer when you freeze because you’ll never know what could have been.

Try not to miss too many.

Come from the mentality of…

Things don’t happen TO us, they happen FOR us.

READ THAT AGAIN.

Things don’t happen TO us, they happen FOR us.

When you experience setbacks and obstacles…

…embrace them as new challenges for knowledge and growth. 📈

When you find success…

…create new opportunity and continue the cycle. 🔁

All successes and failures are TEMPORARY.

Continue the pursuit and fill in the gaps to remain disciplined and consistent with how you navigate your life. 🛣️

The MAGIC here is realizing that the Opportunity Cycle is cyclical.

Opportunity should never die after your assessment.

It goes back to your MINDSET of what else can I do or learn from THIS opportunity?

How can I find another opportunity within that opportunity?

Then you go back into PREP MODE 🐊 to become more AWARE of the next GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

The more cyclical you can make this in your life, the easier and quicker it flows towards your perception of SUCCESS. 🤩

Here’s an example of an Opportunity Cycle for how someone (**cough cough**) I got out of a rut and back on the path towards my own perception of success and happiness…

…And this all started January 2023, by putting a focus on becoming the best version of myself while having the proper mindset to keep the Opportunity Cycle going.

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That’s a real life scenario that happened over the course of last year and should paint a good picture for how opportunity is created from opportunity.

When you recognize it, take the action, don’t stop it, and amazing things will happen.

The results don’t happen overnight, but the work happens every day.

OPPO FLOW Opportunity Cycle works for everything you do, but it starts with your MINDSET to keep going and trust that your efforts matter.

Some examples could be, but not nearly limited to…

• Creating a new referral from a referred client. 🤝

• Becoming an author from starting a newsletter. 📘

• Being a great parent by taking care of your health. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

• Performing on stage from starting a YouTube Channel. 🎤

• Buying your dream house from starting that side hustle. 🏡

• Winning the Super Bowl from your work ethic in the offseason. 🏈

• Featured in Ironman magazine from starting a new running routine. 🏃‍♂️

It goes ON and ON and ON…

and only the MOON is the LIMIT. 🚀

You don’t always know where it’ll take you…

…but one thing I know for sure…

…you’re going to want to find out.

This is the MINDSET SHIFT. 🤯

Below is a quick reference Playbook you can download for free. Just click the image to bring up the PDF. 😁

Feel free to print or do whatever you want with it, but certainly use it as a reminder that Opportunity is Everywhere and it’s all about the actions we take and the mindset we have to continue down our path.

By they way, if you’d like to talk through any opportunities you’re currently evaluating or perhaps any growth challenges you’re going through, feel free to reply to this email and we can set up a time to chat. ☎️

Until our next FLIGHT, check out our latest episode of the SuccessFlow Podcast, where I legit got HYPNOTIZED!! 😱

Please subscribe, comment, and share on YOUTUBE. 🤗

Episode 38: Being Hypnotized by Dom the Hypnotist

Remember, Opportunity is Everywhere!!

Cheers! Steven

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