David Bustle's Blog » Hazen Christensen http://davidbustle.com Put a bullet through the forehead of mediocrity. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:02:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What Do You See? Manure Or Gold? http://davidbustle.com/what-do-you-see-manure-or-gold-2/1335/ http://davidbustle.com/what-do-you-see-manure-or-gold-2/1335/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:45:12 +0000 David Bustle http://davidbustle.com/?p=1335 free-manure-sign If you were driving along and saw this sign what would you think? A pile of manure or gold? It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Are you the kind of person that sees something like this and thinks… huh… I wonder what I could create from that? Most likely you probably think I’m nuts for asking that.

Well… once there was a man who did stop and saw gold in a big pile of manure. He asked around and ended up meeting a contractor that wasn’t going to use this plot of dirt and manure. He negotiated a deal with him for hauling it away for free. The man then turned around and sold it for $25,000! He made a chunk of money off manure that he got for free! Most people would have never taken the time to stop and take a second thought or look at it. He kept his eyes open for opportunity and found it. Are you keeping a watch out for opportunity? Or are you caught up and shutting it out?

The truth is that we see signs like this everyday. Opportunities are all around us. Some are there staring us in the face. Some aren’t so bold. How many opportunities have you passed up because you didn’t take the time to stop and think differently? How many decisions could you have made to truly build something great from an opportunity? Start looking at things from different angles. You never know when an opportunity could lead to something huge for you and your life.

Opportunities? They are all around us… There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it. – Orison Swett Marden

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work. -Thomas A. Edison


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Once there was a guy who did stop and saw gold. He asked around and ended up meeting a contractor that wasn’t going to use a plot of dirt and manure. He negotiated a deal for hauling it away for free for the contractor. The guy then turned around and sold it for $25,000! He made a chunk of money off manure! Something that most people would never think anything of. He kept his eyes open for opportunity. Are you keeping a watch out for opportunity? Or are you caught up and shutting it out?

The truth is that we see signs like this everyday. Opportunities are all around us. They are there staring us in the face. They just aren’t so bold most of the time. How many opportunities have you passed up? How many decisions could you have made to truly build something great? Start looking at things from different angles you never know when an opportunity could lead to something huge for you and your life.
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Opportunities? They are all around us… There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it. – Orison Swett Marden

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work. -Thomas A. Edison


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