You Don't Get to Know How the Story Unfolds | Ep. 12

You don’t get to know how the story unfolds. You don’t get to force your narrative on the silver screen of life. Fortune will find you in its own loving, miraculous way. And when she comes knocking on your door, don’t get caught with your pants down.

Opportunity is hiding in the brush, obscured by some fog of war, waiting for you to get close enough to pick it up. How many times have you boorishly rushed past opportunity with your hands full, unable to actually stop and pick it up?

How many times have you ignored it, dissatisfied with the shape it revealed to you, only to discover later that what you saw was only the tip of the iceberg, like an opportunity to buy bitcoin in 2013.

Today is a game of faith. Faith and diligence. You are signing a contract with luck today, a simple agreement that says you will get your work done. You will show up. You will walk to the edge of the fog of war, all the while training your capacity to pick up the opportunities along the way. And in return, you trust that luck will fulfill its end of the agreement and place the opportunities you need along the path.

That is what faith is all about. But you don’t get to neglect your end of the bargain. If opportunity seems sparse then flip your thinking and realize that this is now an opportunity to increase your carrying capacity so that you can grab bigger opportunities down the road. Stop cursing your luck and instead celebrate the real opportunity you have been given.

So things aren’t going your way? Wonderful. That means you have time to prepare for a windfall of opportunity. Use the quiet spots on the journey to build more leverage, more power, more carrying capacity, and you will multiply the speed in which you can harvest opportunity in the future.

Stop whining, and have faith. Then when the time is right, respond to opportunity with confidence.