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Finding Opportunities For Big Success is Easy

You just need to go look.

And you don’t even have to lift any heavy rocks.

The world is rife with opportunity.

Opportunities to:

2005 was my “Year of Living Under a Rock.”

2006 was my “Year of Moving the Damn Rock Out of the Way.”

I learned that there are tons of opportunities out there and they’re easy to find.

  1. Start blogging and once you have keep learning how to do it better. Remember: online friends are real. Take those online relationships seriously; grow them into personal and professional relationships.
  2. Get out there and meet people face-to-face.
  3. Be comfortable in your own skin and with your own abilities. You rock at something, don’t be afraid to tell people what it is.
  4. Know what you want. Tell people what you want. Tell people how you can help them.
  5. Follow up, stay friendly and have fun.

Those are the steps to opportunity-nirvana.

The biggest thing holding people back is that they’re not out there looking for opportunities. They’re not looking for ways to succeed.

Finding opportunities is easy. You just have to go look.

This is part of the What Have You Learned Group Writing Project. You can participate as well! Write a post about what you’ve learned in 2006, link it back to Instigator Blog and tell me about it.

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  • http://jenniespalette.com Jennie Rosenbaum

    Fantastic ideas there, thankyou – most inspirational!

  • http://jenniespalette.com Jennie Rosenbaum

    Fantastic ideas there, thankyou – most inspirational!

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Jennie – glad you liked the post. Thank you for coming here and commenting.

    Happy Holidays.

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Jennie – glad you liked the post. Thank you for coming here and commenting.

    Happy Holidays.

  • http://technospot.net/blogs/ Ashish Mohta

    Great unique points.I will give a thought about it.

    I also got entry in darrens project.
    http://technospot.net/blogs/index.php/2006/12/19/predicting-the-evolution-of-techspot-insideout/

    And i am feeding your blog.There wont be another chance to meet so many bloggers

  • http://technospot.net/blogs/ Ashish Mohta

    Great unique points.I will give a thought about it.

    I also got entry in darrens project.
    http://technospot.net/blogs/index.php/2006/12/1…

    And i am feeding your blog.There wont be another chance to meet so many bloggers

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Ashish – thanks for stopping by and commenting, it’s appreciated.

    Darren has a lot of pull so he can run great writing projects – and help a lot of people get introduced to one another…

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Ashish – thanks for stopping by and commenting, it's appreciated.

    Darren has a lot of pull so he can run great writing projects – and help a lot of people get introduced to one another…

  • http://nakedpastor.com nakedpastor

    i like your blog. out of left field, but very cool. keep up the good work! i saw it over at the problogger contest that i’m also participating in here.

  • http://nakedpastor.com nakedpastor

    i like your blog. out of left field, but very cool. keep up the good work! i saw it over at the problogger contest that i'm also participating in here.

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Hello Naked Pastor,

    If that’s not the most…interesting name…I don’t know what is!

    I’m glad you like the blog, thanks for stopping by and commenting.

    “Out of left field” is a great compliment to me anyway!

    And you’re a fellow Canadian! Wonderful!

    Hope you’ll return soon…

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Hello Naked Pastor,

    If that's not the most…interesting name…I don't know what is!

    I'm glad you like the blog, thanks for stopping by and commenting.

    “Out of left field” is a great compliment to me anyway!

    And you're a fellow Canadian! Wonderful!

    Hope you'll return soon…

  • http://lilduckduck.com Mama Duck

    For sure!! I love the rock metaphor, I think you are exactly right!

    We also participated in this project, stop on by if you get a chance!

  • http://lilduckduck.com Mama Duck

    For sure!! I love the rock metaphor, I think you are exactly right!

    We also participated in this project, stop on by if you get a chance!

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thanks Mama Duck, I appreciate the support + comment.

    Just checked out your post – very amusing and congratulations on your success!

    If you’re interested – you should contribute to the group writing project I’m doing this week.

    I’m donating $5 to charity per post written. I don’t have Darren’s readership and pull but it’s still been fun! (And I launched it before him! *chuckle*)

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thanks Mama Duck, I appreciate the support + comment.

    Just checked out your post – very amusing and congratulations on your success!

    If you're interested – you should contribute to the group writing project I'm doing this week.

    I'm donating $5 to charity per post written. I don't have Darren's readership and pull but it's still been fun! (And I launched it before him! *chuckle*)

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  • http://brokeass-student.typepad.com/ Jennifer Lynn

    Awsome post. I agree wholeheartedly. Congratulations on tossing aside your rock. I’m still in the process of trucking away my own boulder. *wipes sweat*

    It’s sometimes too easy to become passive and not take initiative. So many people let otherwise great opportunities slapping them in the face slip by this way.

    I hope the upcoming holidays will bring you and your loved ones continued blessings and extraordinary circumstances.

    “Opportunity nirvana” … I love it :) :)

  • http://brokeass-student.typepad.com/ Jennifer Lynn

    Awsome post. I agree wholeheartedly. Congratulations on tossing aside your rock. I'm still in the process of trucking away my own boulder. *wipes sweat*

    It's sometimes too easy to become passive and not take initiative. So many people let otherwise great opportunities slapping them in the face slip by this way.

    I hope the upcoming holidays will bring you and your loved ones continued blessings and extraordinary circumstances.

    “Opportunity nirvana” … I love it :) :)

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thank you for the kind words Jennifer. I hope you’ll stick around and continue visiting Instigator Blog and continue commenting!

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thank you for the kind words Jennifer. I hope you'll stick around and continue visiting Instigator Blog and continue commenting!

  • http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com George

    Good advice. We all need to get out there and look for those oppurtunities. But then once we find them we need to focus on them.

    My entry to Darren’s project is here:
    http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com/index.php/20061218-the-biggest-blogging-mistake-i-made-in-2006/

    All the best,
    George

  • http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com George

    Good advice. We all need to get out there and look for those oppurtunities. But then once we find them we need to focus on them.

    My entry to Darren's project is here:
    http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com/index.php/20061218-the-biggest-blogging-mistake-i-made-in-2006/

    All the best,
    George

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thanks for stopping by and commenting George. You’re right too – if it’s so easy to find opportunities it makes it hard to know what to focus on and to focus. If you do too much you spread yourself too thin.

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Thanks for stopping by and commenting George. You're right too – if it's so easy to find opportunities it makes it hard to know what to focus on and to focus. If you do too much you spread yourself too thin.

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  • http://moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com Alan Liew

    Great tips. But my experience is that finding business opportunities has not been easy.

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Alan – Thank you for the comment. I think the world is rife with opportunity. It’s not as easy as opening your door and having business stroll in, but it’s getting easier and easier in my mind to develop a successful business. Particularly through the use of social networking tools and blogging…

  • http://moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com Alan Liew

    Great tips. But my experience is that finding business opportunities has not been easy.

  • http://www.instigatorblog.com Ben Yoskovitz

    Alan – Thank you for the comment. I think the world is rife with opportunity. It's not as easy as opening your door and having business stroll in, but it's getting easier and easier in my mind to develop a successful business. Particularly through the use of social networking tools and blogging…

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  • http://www.onlinemoney4me.com/ make money online

    I think this is a golden opportunities for big success. There is a great unique points to build up the new business.

  • http://funbyearn.blogspot.com/ Rahul

    first three points are great. help others and they will help you.

  • http://funbyearn.blogspot.com/ Rahul

    first three points are great. help others and they will help you.

  • http://internetjobscams.blogspot.com work at home

    Great tips, but as a beginners we have to work hard for success.

  • http://www.work-at-home-blogger.com/ Chandan

    Great tips, but as a beginners we have to work hard for success.

  • http://internetjobscams.blogspot.com work at home

    Great tips, but as a beginners we have to work hard for success.

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I'm also a Founding Partner at Year One Labs, an early stage accelerator in Montreal. Previously I founded Standout Jobs (and sold it). I'm a hands-on startup guy, helping companies grow successfully from the idea forward. You can reach me at byosko at gmail dot com.

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