How To Identify the Right Opportunities to Grow Yourself
A Timeless Lesson from Ancient Roman Culture
The world is filled with opportunities. People are constantly discovering ways to do meaningful work and new fields to work in.
According to reports, 65% of children in primary schools today will end up working in jobs that don’t currently exist.
So why don’t most people come across such opportunities?
It’s because we look at “opportunity” from a conventional lens.
Rarely does an opportunity appear out of the woods and knock at our door. In most cases, it’s hidden, covered in dust, blocked by resistance of various types. Few people look for such obscure opportunities. Few behave like archeologists, treasure hunters, and pirates.
The vast majority continue to fight over conventional roles and definitions. And with each passing day, they find it tougher to sustain, partly because of the increasing number of humans beings competing for the same resources, and partly because technology is threatening to make us obsolete.
Such a life turns meaningless quickly.
On the other hand, new and unexplored opportunities lay the platform for tremendous improvement. Such people feel more engaged at work. They…
