The Law of Opportune Timing

As long as the human race has existed, many people have believed that their lives are controlled by fate or some strange mystical outside force.
To increase their good fortune, people have visited fortune tellers, seers, wise-men, astrologers, priests, shaman, prayed to their gods or other deities, tossed yarrow sticks, read the I-Ching or Tarot cards, consulted mystics and gypsies.

Although a belief system is a wonderful thing, part of our belief system must be our inordinate faith in our own abilities and ourselves. We also need to develop processes that we can use to continuously improve.

Although there are several components to Opportune Timing, the two most important components are Goal Setting and Self-study.

Self-study is critically important: As a professional businessperson, I do my homework. I do research for my business. I ask: “Who are those accounts who fit my profile as a good customer? What do they do? How can I develop a win-win?” Our sales are built on networking, knowledge and great relationships. Throughout this e-book, I'll talk about the 3 A's…Attitude, Aptitude and Appetite.

In order to experience opportune timing, you have to have a great attitude, you have to have the knowledge base, schooling or training, and finally, you have to have the appetite. If you don't have the desire - you won't see the opportunities.

Is that fortune?

Absolutely, this is the law of opportune timing.

The author Steven Covey tells a story about two lumberjacks who were competing to see who could chop down the most trees. The first lumberjack worked hard all day long, scarcely even stopping to eat a bite of lunch. It seemed sure he would win the contest, because the other lumberjack was stopping almost every hour and sitting down for several minutes. But at the end of the day he lost the contest - he asked the other lumberjack how that could be? The other lumberjack replied - "Did you notice that every time I was sitting down, I was sharpening my saw?"

The question to ask is how do you sharpen your saw, how do you prepare for your opportune timing?

Sharpening the saw is taking care of our bodies our minds and us. In order to be prepared for those things that come into our lives, we must be receptive. So what can you do to give luck a little help?

Did you know that there are over 8700 hours in a year?
If you work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and you sleep 8 hours a day, that leaves you with almost 4,000 hours of discretionary time each year.

How do you spend your 4,000 hours?

Think about this as an exercise. Three or Four times a week, take out a sheet of paper and write down your particular goal or goals, Then further brainstorm to get 20 ideas of how to accomplish those goals, (how to improve your life, how to improve your performance, etc).

If you do this 3 times a week and you write down 20 ideas each day, you will accumulate thousands of ideas, and only 1 idea can change your life!

A Single life-changing goal can position you for your very own opportune timing.