This is an important lesson. I've been learning these past few years. Most people are looking for opportunities. I’ve learned something different. Everything is an opportunity I didn’t always believe that. - A challenge is an opportunity to grow. - A setback is an opportunity to reset. - A frustrating conversation is an opportunity to connect on a deeper level.. - A closed door is an opportunity to find a better one. When you begin to see life through this lens, you notice opportunities that most people completely miss. Here are a few that I was thinking about this morning as I was journaling. A company kept emailing me about working with them. I already had my own business, so I kept brushing them off. The VP and the CEO continuously reached out to me week after a week. They were relentless😠 Finally, I thought... Wait a second… let’s have a conversation. Twenty-five minutes later, they became my client. - Everything is an opportunity. Years ago, I was selling newspaper ads for a small paper that hardly anyone knew. I just making enough to survive. An upset customer called because they had placed a help wanted ad for a sakesperson in our paper, but it had never been published. After I helped them, I thought, Wait a second… I’m looking for a better sales opportunity. So I called them back. They hired me. That decision changed my career. I went on to break every sales record in that company’s history during my 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th years. - Everything is an opportunity. Another time, I received what looked like a phishing email with an invoice attached. Instead of deleting it, I called and asked, “Has your email been hacked?” It had! We started talking, uncovered some business challenges, and he became a client. - Everything is an opportunity. Then there was the guy who sent me one of those spam LinkedIn messages. Instead of ignoring it, I replied: “Would you like to learn a better way to do this so you can get the results you're looking for?”