- An important point I hope you're taking away
from this course is that you have to get into action.
You have to get out in the world, out of your comfort zone
to unearth and then seize opportunities.
When you're in motion, things change.
You have to stop and reflect and update your plan.
Here's how to do this.
Remember that I asked you to set aside 20 to 60 minutes
per day to work on your opportunity searching?
You can use one of these time blocks to review your plan
and your process.
First, review your calendar.
If you write your reflections
in a journal or make lists, review those too.
What activities have you done which have been most fruitful?
What have led to dead ends?
Write these down and you might decide to stop going
to certain kinds of events
and to volunteer on more projects or vice versa.
As you notice what works for you,
you can better fine tune how to point your efforts.
I'm sure you've learned a few things about yourself.
Write down your updated insights
about what you like and what you don't like
about your values and what makes you tick.
I bet you met some people.
Write down who you need to follow up with
and how you plan to follow up with them.
Using all these insights,
you'll probably want to update your strategy of how to look
for new opportunities based on what you've learned so far.
Here's an example.
One of my clients was a strategist named Bill.
Bill was trying to figure out what opportunities
he could create for himself in his current role.
He went down the path
of building a bigger brand for himself by writing blogs.
After writing weekly blog for three months,
he discovered he did not enjoy writing,
and he wasn't that good at it.
When he updated his strategy,
he crossed it off the list; no more blogs.
Bill also tried to meet startup companies to see
if there were partnerships he could lead
for his company; now, that he absolutely loved.
So he updated his strategy to spend more time
actively looking for young companies to connect with.
One day out of the blue, his boss suggested
that Bill explore an acquisition with one of these companies
and that's how Bill got into his new role
of leading corporate development at his company;
a really big opportunity and one that Bill loved.
No plan stays static when you're in motion.
As you continue to look for opportunities,
you'll learn things about yourself
and about what's out there.
Sit down regularly and update your strategy
so you can capitalize on these new insights.