The Opportunity of Now

Phew! It's been a while since I put pen to paper (or, finger to keyboard if you wish) to write something other than work. All of a sudden there was no creativity or insight to share when it seemed so chaotic and dark.

Many a times we are told to focus on the future, "keep your eyes on the ball" and "look at the bigger picture" and we follow these to the letter, but what about the now? The fact that right now I am dealing with the biggest of issues and I simply do not have the inclination to "look" anywhere else. I have found that the best way to holistically and uncomprisingly focus on my future is to sort out the now; to give the very best that I possess and manage the real time. In doing so, you allow yourself to create the chance to see opportunities. It makes no difference what has just happened, or why, or how. Whatever else it may be, it is also an opportunity.

To see the opportunity, stop looking backward and begin experience the now; the present. Let go of your resentment, your contentment, your anger and even your satisfaction. Focus on what you can now do. Whatever your feelings may be, direct their power toward creating new and meaningful value.

Be ready and willing to challenge your assumptions. This is a new moment, with new realities, so don’t obscure those valuable realities behind outdated assumptions.

As powerful and transformative as the past may have been, this is a new day with its own opportunities. It is now up to you to engage the best of those opportunities and to make the most of them.
You are in a powerful position because you can choose what to do next. Grab the opportunity of now, and move your whole world forward.

#RockOn