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In this edition of the journal, I'm going to talk about opportunities and how everyone thinks of them in the wrong way.

Everyone has a preconception that opportunities are something that happen to you.

This makes you live life in a passive mode. Thinking that you have only a few opportunities and if you don't take them, that's it.

Life's over big boy, time to hang up your ugly boots and rest your ugly face on your below average pillow. Maybe cry some tears while you're at it.

But this programs us to not see opportunities for what they are. Opportunities are indifferent and infinite.

We sometimes forget that we are capable of forging opportunities on our own. But that's only when we live life in an active mode instead of passive.

While in active mode, you look for opportunities that could be created. You must program yourself to not just be an opportunist but be a person that can create new possibilities through some divergent thinking.

This is where human creativity is your best friend. You must teach yourself to see things others cannot.

Realise that there is something unique about you that orients you to see things in a completely new way. You are something that has never existed before and never will again.

Your novelty and uniqueness is your edge. It's the edge that you must use to forge a new path for yourself and not care about whether other people will understand it or not.

They may agree or disagree with your way of life, but that shouldn't hinder you from doing what you think you're supposed to do.

When in doubt, err on the side of boldness and aggression. When creating opportunities, you must be bold and fear nothing.

If you fear, you will show hesitation. Hesitation is fatal in battle. Hesitation makes you lose battles. What you do not need in the battle of life is hesitation.

If you’re missing way too many opportunities, you must first learn to take opportunities instead of trying to seize them perfectly. Act on your impulse if you have to but you must act fast.

Program yourself to take a step toward the opportunity. Program yourself to take on the challenges of life. When you live life in a confrontational and ultra offensive mode, you don't shy away from opportunities and challenges of life.

It takes time to get to the point where you can just walk toward the opportunity without hesitation, don't make the mistake of thinking that it's effortless. No matter how effortless it looks on the outside.

These things take enormous amount of time, effort and sheer will just to be able to do that. This is a lifelong mission. As long as you are alive, you must constantly walk towards that which you fear.

If you can do that, fear has no power over you.

Alright, that's it for today.

See ya next week.