The Opportunity Made Newsletter offers practical lessons to break patterns, get unstuck, and find freedom in business and life.
In each article of Opportunity Made, you’ll find empowering insights and easy-to understand takeaways you can use to transform your life.
Your past does not define your future.
Where you came from is not where you’re going.
How you showed up yesterday is not how you have to show up today.
Do you know that?
James Hudnall demonstrated that as he moved from tug boats to tech.
Eli Davidson shifted from BASIC to building the frontend.
Pamela Abreu journeyed from creating products to coding platforms.
If you have a dream that you don’t think you’re “cut out” for, let’s snip ✂️ that in the bud. No dream is bound to a certain cut of cloth.
Wherever you came from is not where you’re going.
You have the daily opportunity to pick a different path, to form alternative habits, to choose to show up in another way.
It’s simply a matter of choice.
So what dream of yours has stayed hidden in the night, but you know it’s time to bring it into the day?
Break that big dream into small steps.
Do that first step.
The past is a place to learn from, not to live in
It could look like this:
Dream: Live in Spain for a month
Small Steps:
- Invite friends
- Pick the date
- Save a month’s worth of income (or get approval to work remote)
- Find housing
- Plane ticket
- Plan adventures
- Book adventures
- Learn basic Spanish
- Go!
First Small Step: Write down the names of 5 friends who might want to go, even if they only stay for a week
BAM!
Your dream is becoming a reality.
Or this:
Dream: Break into Tech
Small Steps:
- Pick a coding language (React)
- Download coding software (VSCode)
- Learn from good teachers (Mosh)
- Practice (Github Projects)
- Build a network (Meetups)
- Practice interviews (Local Slack dev channel)
- Apply for jobs (LinkedIn)
First Small Step: Research frontend, backend, machine learning, AI, project management, and data science to understand my preferred way to break into tech.
small consistent steps lead to a BIG future
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What’s your dream?
