An opportunity should never be bought into. By definition, anopportunity is something that people will never sell you. Fromfranchises to swamp land in Florida, to patents and inventions,it makes no difference. Theres nothing wrong with any of thethings mentioned, however if somebody is trying to sell youthese things, then they are not opportunities by definition.
An opportunity is an advantage that you can see that otherscannot. I dont care about the dictionary definition, this is thereal world definition. Opportunities are free. They dont costmoney to observe. Of course I dont mean they wont cost youmoney, you may need some money to act on it. But if you arepaying money so somebody can sell it to you (a sales commission)You should run for the hills.
So, getting back to my definition of an opportunity.
"Its an advantage that you can see that others cannot"
So what that means is that you have vision while others do not.We are awash with money around us. Money or "value" iseverywhere. As "Hayden Muller" says, "it permeates our liveslike oxygen" The difficulty is not finding opportunity. It isliterally everywhere all the time. We are suffering from snowblindness if we still work for a living when such abundance isaround us in our every day lives.
The difficulty is not money either. Having access to a fewhundred dollars is all you need to take advantage of a milliondaily opportunities that present themselves in our daily lives.Anyone with some determination can find that much.
No, the real difficulty is knowledge, or education. Its whatseperates action from indifference. The question becomes, "sowhat?" "so what if I took this opportunity and made a fewdollars, what next?" You see, without education, opportunitiesare meaningless. They lead now-where because we lack vision.Don't worry, I lacked plenty of vision myself.
Today you could drop me out of the sky into any free city on thePlanet with nothing but the shirt on my back and I would beliving well within 3 months and be financially secure within 2-4years. I know I can do that because my vision tells me I easilycould.
Put me in the middle of New York, I would immediately findmarkets to deal in. Even before I found a place to sleep, Iwould begin learning about what free markets are available andwhat they most want and need. I would quickly establish contactswith suppliers and retailers to become the "middle man" myfavourite place to be.
Within a week, I would have a few hundred dollars saved. I woulduse those funds and pyramid my purchases for faster and fasterturn over until I had enough to buy small assets that are inhigh demand. Cars, boats, anything that was being sold that Icould find really cheaply. My charm and good looks would makesure I got the best deals and sold them for the highest price(winks)
Charm and good looks aside, the one thing you need is a clarionplan. A master plan that gets you from A to B
Making money with no money is easy and rudimentry. Its theopportunities you spot that makes the real difference. Butreally its the propensity to take action that delivers theresults. Before you can take that action, you need to know whereyou are going.
Your situation is alot better then the scenario I presentedabove. You live in a place where you know. You have intimateknowledge of the markets available already present. You haveskills and have contacts already that can be of use.
Get a quick short education and go to it. Your first million isnot as difficult as you may imagine.
May success find you fast and knowledge find you sooner.
About the author:Jack Reynolds is Operations manager forhttp://www.opportunity-investor.com. Jack is a professionalinvestor who trades in real estate, Art, Precious Stones and Seagoing Vessels. He has followed Martin Thomas his mentor and CEOof the company for over 5 years and has managed to accumulate alarge fortune during this time.
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