Ahead of Success: Stop Waiting for Opportunities to Come to You

Take Advantage of Your Life with DissaPlan

Welcome back to DissaPlan! To top off the week, I am going to teach you how to become ahead of the curve, and to stay on top of your life. You often hear, or even say, “I can’t wait for Friday!” or “I am just waiting/ready for the week to be over.” Today, I will provide you with a NEW perspective that will allow you to become mentally sound and ahead of the game.

PERSPECTIVE: Seize YOUR Opportunity

All of this week, I have talked about taking accountability and being top of your own game. This script follows nothing different. In life, we often WAIT for things to come to us. When will that person text us first? When will our teacher/professor send us an email on how to do this? When will my employer come to me about a promotion. While there is nothing legally wrong with these interactions and thought processes, you are teaching your mind that it is okay to resist assertion, and resist positive change. You are teaching your mind that it is okay to wait for your life to come to you, as opposed to taking control of your own life. If you are content with settling for being average, cool, take your non-wavering security and call it good; however, if you are actively seeking change, and for the better, you best start taking action yourself.

SOLUTION: Take Action NOW

When you wait for the week to end, the promotion to come, the first text, you are letting these variables to control you. Sure, you are not going to go up to your boss within your first few days of work, and ask for a promotion. Sure, you may have been dealt one of the worst weekly hands there is to be dealt. For that reason alone, excuses and worries may seem justifiable. Though we may have these tough and enduring bouts, everyone has trials tailored to their current stage(s) of life. Everyone has their own battles, internally and externally. If everybody decided it was okay to accept defeat, in that moment, we have lost ALL grip on our world’s integrity. YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW! Send that follow-up email, request a meeting for a promotion, study early and often for you school exams. etc. I can promise that, as you wait for “your moment/time” to come, it will pass you. When you are not prepared to take advantage of fostered opportunities for success, they will take advantage of you.

We have agency in this life. We have the ability to choose what we want to do, especially with our own, personal schedules. While our agency may feel free, or to be usen freely, nothing in this world comes without a cost. You hang out with that friend on Friday night instead of studying for your exams OR sleeping, you cost yourself sleep and academic growth potential. If you go to the gym each morning, you may sacrifice the eternal comfort of sleeping in your bed, etc.

Life often feels like a tall, daunting task. With DissaPlan, I am here to help you take action and grow to your fullest potential.

Best wishes,

~ Ravi Dissanayake