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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ONCE
Mostly a Direct Excerpt from the Book:
There was a famous novel entitled “The
Postman Always Rings Twice." Well perhaps, but what if on the other
hand opportunity only knocks at our door once?
Well actually,
of course the number of times opportunity knocks for each person may
be different, depending also on how long we live, but for most of
us, we will often get at least one great opportunity in life. The
question may be … will we recognize it and do the right thing? From
my experience, this can make all of the difference in the world. I
could simply state that getting ahead some days seems the
combination of talent, hard work, and having the right opportunity.
If any of those three are missing, perhaps nothing ever changes.
One of the most
important things I believe when the right opportunity comes along is
recognizing it and moving fast and positively and handling it
correctly. For example, some of you who may have purchased houses
might have noticed something similar. There are often a number of
houses for sale. Some look nice, some not so nice, some are ugly,
and some are damaged. As for price, some are priced high, some
medium and some priced as bargains. Well, every now and then you
might see a great looking house that is priced as a bargain. What do
you do? Well, if you have been looking around, you should recognize
a bargain when you see one and make your move positively and as fast
as you can. And some people when they do it even offer just slightly
over the asking price. That is language for – “I want this house and
I want it now - and I want no one stopping me.” And why do people do
that? They do that since they know that house likely will not be
there tomorrow. Someone else will have it. It will be gone. And all
that will be left, if you are lucky, are the medium deals, and the
nagging memory of “what might have been."
Well,
opportunity in a career is not so different. I have watched some
people in their careers and some of them do what I consider, odd
things. I have watched people from college that get offers from
great companies with a great job offer. And then the people
sometimes answer that they are not sure. Okay. But like the house
example above, the opportunities can be gone.
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Book: Strategies I Learned Becoming A VP
During my career, back when Motorola was a huge
thriving company with I heard some 150,000 world wide
employees, I went there from perhaps being the lowest paid
engineer on staff to becoming a Vice President. And that was
not an honorary title only, but a Vice President in charge
of Manufacturing or Engineering of both for a large division
with perhaps yearly a billion US dollars in sales. How did I
do that? Well, I realized I was not born with this
knowledge. I learned it from many people along the way, and
tried to decide what information I was being told made sense
and what information did not make sense. And I learned from
some people.. who I thought were great in business. And so
what is the point of this book? My goal is simply to pass on
business information to others as best as I could, in order
to help others who may come after me. Yes, times change, and
some may have to modify the strategies here as the world
continues to change. But logic does not change. And you
might just find this book a good help at a reasonable price. |
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