An Opportunity Offer... 🤝

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THE FINAL LEG 🛫

The Power of an Opportunity Offer

Masterclass 4 of 4

In this last session, we’re going to talk all about how developing GREAT RELATIONSHIPS often brings GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

If you need to catch up on the first three sessions, click the links below…

Masterclass Session 1 - Prompted from Thought

Masterclass Session 2 - Created by Effort

Masterclass Session 3 - Discovered through Experience

There are two main types of relationships.

• PROFESSIONAL

  • Clients

  • Network

  • Co-workers

• PERSONAL

  • Close

  • Casual

“Your network is your net worth.”

This means that the professional connections you have and the relationships you’ve built can have a direct impact on your professional success. 📈

This comes from the idea that good opportunities OFFERED to you through your network are warmer in nature and have a good chance to work out in your favor…

…but only if you put in the work or come with an open mind to ensure its SUCCESS. 🤩

Good opportunities OFFERED in a professional setting could be…

• a job 🏢

• a role 👨‍🏭

• an event 📨

• a referral 📲

• a customer 😄

• a promotion 📈

• a partnership 🤝

I encourage you to check out 👉 FLIGHT #033 for a deeper dive 🤿 into the importance of developing strong professional relationships for growth. 📈

As you look into your personal life and audit those relationships, think about those that are closest to you.

CLOSE relationships are the ones that are your ROCKS 🪨 and have your back no matter what.

This circle is probably very small and it should be.

These are the people that have been there through the lows of lows and the highs of highs.

They are the family members and best friends you love the most.

Don’t lose sight of these people.

Don’t forget about them as you’re creating the life you want.

If your legacy and the life you’re building includes them, but they’re not there in the end because you weren’t there for them along the way…

…then what was the point? 😔

CASUAL relationships are those you can call on whenever needed.

They would probably help you in a bind and they can be your social outlets. 🥳

These are the people you don’t want to burn a bridge with, but you also don’t need to talk to or see them every day.

You may go months (or even years) without seeing or speaking to them, for no reason at all, other than life is just busy…

…but when you do, it’s like it was just yesterday.

Try not to let silence burn the bridge, though.

Be sure to keep in touch every so often. 📱

Perhaps, a quick “Hey, thinking about you. Hope all is well.” text or sharing a reel on Instagram that reminds you of them or sending a picture from the past to laugh about.

Many times when you re-connect with CASUAL relationships there is an opportunity OFFERED out of the blue because they know it’s something you may be interested in.

For a deeper dive 🤿 on the importance of auditing your personal relationships, I encourage you to check out 👉 FLIGHT #032

The power of these relationships are the driving force for growth and opportunity.

Professionally, develop a strong relationship with…

YOUR BOSS…

…and they could OFFER you a promotion.

YOUR DIRECT REPORTS…

…and they could OFFER you stability.

YOUR PARTNERS…

…and they could OFFER you more clients.

YOUR CLIENTS…

…and they could OFFER you retention.

YOUR CO-WORKERS…

…and they could OFFER you happiness in the workplace.

YOUR NETWORK…

…and they could OFFER you the OPPORTUNITY of a LIFETIME. 🚀

There is an abundance of opportunity out there in your professional life, and the wider your net becomes from developing stronger relationships, the more of a chance you have to be the recipient of great opportunity along the way.

For your business and for yourself.

Personal relationships can OFFER you business opportunities as well.

Perhaps…

…you have a parent who owns a small business and OFFERS you a position at their company to get your foot in the door.

or…

…your best friend comes across someone who is looking for a motivational speaker for their event, and they put your name in the hat to OFFER you the opportunity to apply.

One of the best examples I can give about how a professional OPPORTUNITY is OFFERED through a close RELATIONSHIP is by sharing a personal story…

When I was in college, I was working at an architecture firm.

I wanted to be one of those super creative graphic designers, working with CAD (my interior design and architect homies will know what CAD is) designing fun retail spaces or beautiful custom homes as my career.

I had dreams of creating software that would take a customer through a digital experience of their space and could even purchase items throughout that experience right then and there.

Kind of like AI, but this was back in 2007, and I wasn’t that forward thinking (yet).

An exciting and futuristic walk through with design elements that could be updated on the fly with the client.

However, even though I was very good with software, I realized sitting behind a desk all day wasn’t for me.

I thought software sales would be a better fit as speaking, developing relationships, and being a resource for people came more natural to me.

You see… I come from an entrepreneurial family and I grew up watching my dad develop a software, called MasterTax.

This platform was, and still is, the most widely used payroll tax software in the country.

Well… at the young and eager age of 21 years old, I had been explaining my desire to get into sales with my father, and it was then that he OFFERED me an opportunity to join him and his company.

A sales position.

Just what I was wanting.

But, I hesitated as it was unexpected and I passed on the opportunity at that time.

Two reasons.

1. I knew nothing about payroll taxes (seemed too boring for my creative mind), and…

2. I didn’t want the stereotype of being the boss’ son. (dumb)

A year had passed, continuing my work at the architecture firm, and the OFFER was still on the table from my dad.

I discussed with my wife (who was my girlfriend at the time), and she asked one simple question that changed everything.

“If it wasn’t your Dad, would you take the opportunity?”

Damn…

She’s a smart cookie.

What an incredible perspective and a great question to open my mind.

It was a resounding YES, so I decided to JUMP on it.

I called my dad to commit and accept the position…

But I was nervous.

It was an amazing opportunity, and even though I know nothing about his industry, I knew one thing I had to do…

GO ALL IN.

He wouldn’t be able to make me successful.

He had only OFFERED an opportunity.

The rest was up to me to put in the work and make it happen; to eliminate the stigma of being the boss’ son.

And, so that’s EXACTLY what I did.

I came in being a sponge, learning the ins and outs of the entire company…

…more than I even really needed to know being a young sales guy.

This tenacity paved my own path and my work ethic helped develop trust amongst my peers, clients, and partners.

This allowed me to develop more and more relationships throughout my career…

…and ultimately led to me being OFFERED the opportunity to become an entrepreneur for the first time, by purchasing a franchised payroll business back in 2017, serving small businesses in PHX, AZ. 🌵

The great relationship I’ve always had with my father, and the man he saw me grow up to be, gave him the confidence that I wouldn’t let him down, and I proved that by attacking the opportunity he OFFERED me…

…with growth in mind for more opportunity and future success down the road.

Sure enough… this became a PIVOTAL MOMENT and I’ve attacked every opportunity that has ever been OFFERED through a relationship, with the same tenacity and grit to make it happen.

To not let them down.

I’ve seen what this can do to build trust, develop the relationship, and ensure more wonderful opportunities continue to be OFFERED in the future.

Not all opportunities OFFERED have to be in a professional setting, though.

Sometimes it’s an OFFER from your spouse to take you out on a date night… 🥰

…or it’s an OFFER from your kids to play baseball at the park. ⚾

Perhaps… it’s an OFFER from your friend to grab lunch and catch up. 🍔

All of these smaller opportunities, help continue to develop the relationship and learn more about each other.

Say YES to those more often than not and OFFER them opportunities to do the same back to you.

So when a bigger opportunity OFFER comes their way, they’ll think about YOU and vice versa.

Many times, through the relationships you’ve developed, BIG opportunities are OFFERED because of your potential.

When someone else sees your potential, and OFFERS you an opportunity that aligns with where you want to go, even if you’re not sure you can do it, what’s your next move?

GO ALL IN.

WHY? 🤔

Because those opportunities were…

…prompted from their thought…

…created with their effort…

…discovered through their experience…

…and now OFFERED to YOU. 🫵

That opportunity OFFER may not be there again and as long as it aligns with what YOU want as well…

GO FOR IT.

If you have an opportunity that you’ve thought of, created, or discovered, and you know someone else who would be ecstatic to consider it…

…OFFER it to them as well.

It’s up to them to decipher alignment and put in the work, but OFFERING opportunities to your relationships, continues developing trust and in turn drive more opportunities back to you.

This is the MINDSET SHIFT. 🤯

Welp… there you have it!

This is what it’s all about.

Opportunity is Everywhere.

It’s up to YOU to recognize the good ones to jump on and create PIVOTAL MOMENTS for yourself and those around you.

I would say that we’ve developed a pretty good relationship at this point…

Would you agree?!

Here’s my OFFER to YOU. 🫵

An opportunity to find alignment, avoid the chaos, and get clear with the foundation of who you are, where you want to go, why you want to get there, and how you’re going to do it… 🚀

The OPPO FLOW Life Design Intro Playbook is available for digital download and because you’ve completed this Masterclass, I am dropping the price down from $49 to only $19. 😱

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THANK YOU for going through this Masterclass: The Power for Opportunity.

I truly hope you found a ton of value as you build stronger opportunity awareness towards your future success.

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Cheers! Steven

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