How would you react if you were greeted this way by a group of people you had never met? How long would it take you to open up and receive the welcome these strangers had planned for you?
Thinking about the numerous times I’ve flown into the JFK International Airport not expecting to be met by anyone that I knew, I know that my first response would be denial, “No, this welcome is not for me,” and I’d immediately correct their mistake. When my “Welcome Committee” persisted, I would no doubt become more assertive in my refusal to accept their gift. My second response would then be to actively convince them that they had mistaken me for another Judith. Only after these generously welcoming people refused to take “No!” for an answer would I finally surrender and receive their gift with open arms. Why would I expend so much energy to refuse a welcome? Read the rest of this entry »
I initially wanted to label this post: Opportunity Is A Contact Sport! However, upon thinking more about contact sports and their proclivity for injury and damage, I decided that contact improvisation would be a much better and more “opportune” metaphor. According to Wikipedia.com “contact improvisation is a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for exploration through movement improvisation.” This notion of connection and contact is so inherent to The Opportunity Game it is quite easy to overlook it.
Connection is the engine that fuels the power of The Opportunity Game. Cultivate your internal connections (your personal aha! moments) and your online and offline interpersonal connections. These can spur any number of unexpected opportunities. A great example of connection leading to opportunity occurred for me earlier today. A student of mine contacted me for help in regard to a coaching issue. I answered his question quickly and easily. He gratefully responded although he also bemoaned the fact that there was no specific place to go to receive answers to the type of question that he was asking. Immediately, I saw an opportunity that would benefit me and other coaching students who had similar issues. I could resurrect an old online column that I had stopped writing a couple of years ago that specifically responded to these very sorts of questions. While my student was the one who made the initial connection, as a result of our conversation this afternoon, I will create an opportunity for myself that will be mutually beneficial. Acting on this opportunity will then create numerous other opportunities for me that I can’t even foresee today. Read the rest of this entry »
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