Two Words :: Recognize Opportunity

I ran across a great post by a fellow blogger Steve Olson called 7 Ways to Help Yourself Recognize Opportunity, so our two words de'jour are Recognize Opportunity. Here is a summary of what Steve suggests, and they are all great:

* Develop relationships with highly creative people
* Write down everything that surprises you
* Journal about problems
* Journal about possibilities
* Be open to unorthodox ideas
* Eliminate limiting beliefs and mindsets
* Be grateful

Steve provides some astute observations and provides more detail for each of these seven ways on his blog.

I will add one more suggestion that I recommended in Just Two Words (the book) and that is to take a few 3x5 cards or Post-It Notes(tm), write the seven ways (above) down in bullet list form and place them in spots that you'll notice every day and hopefully multiple times a day.

Recognize the opportunity to remind yourself how to recognize opportunity as your day progresses; tape one of the cards to your bathroom mirror, add one to the dash of your car, put one up on the fridge, tack one up in your cubicle at work, or post on the edge of your computer monitor. Recognize Opportunity.