Master of Opportunities: Discover how you can master opportunities

By Mandla Tembe

Make progress by becoming a pro at seizing the opportunities floating by. The modern world is flooded with opportunities—chances to do this or become that—but only a true master will be able to select the best ones and make the most of them.

Ever wonder how people come out of personal trials even stronger? Or how two people who start out their lives in the same place can have such different outcomes? It’s all a matter of the choices we make. Pursuing the right opportunities is the way to make sure that all the hard work you put in leads to the results you want. It’s the difference between constant busyness and profitable business, and Master of Opportunities contains the strategies you need.

The approach advocated is twofold: first you will learn to explore and identify opportunities, and then you will learn to take advantage of them. Take a lesson from those who have successfully mastered opportunities in the past via their personal stories. This incisive manual by counseling psychology specialist Mandla Tembe will prepare you for success. Seizing opportunities is a science, one that can be studied like math or biology, and then, through practice, perfected.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mandla Tembe
• Release date: Oct 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9781537178011

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MASTER

OF

OPPORTUNITIES

Discover How You Can Master Opportunities

Mandla Tembe

Master of Opportunities

Copyright © 2016 Mandla Tembe

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.

All scripture references are quoted from the Amplified Bible and the New International Version (NIV) unless otherwise noted.

ISBN-10: 1-53-717801-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-53-717801-1

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank, from the bottom of my heart, my wife, Dibakiso Tembe. Thank you for being by my side throughout the making of this project.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Quote

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Preparation

Be Ready for an Opportunity

Some Opportunities Are More Important than Others

Prepare for an Opportunity Every Day

You Do Not Know When the Day of Misery Will Come

See Today as an Opportunity

Position Yourself for an Opportunity

Start

Excel in the Level You Are In

Chapter 2 - What Are the Requirements for a Major Opportunity?

What Is a Major Opportunity?

Increase Your Personal Ability

What You Do with the Opportunity You Have Now Will Determine the Level of the Opportunity You Will Have Tomorrow

Progress Requires Your Participation

Treat the Opportunity as if Your Future Depends on It

Chapter 3 - Masters of Our Time

Former president, Mr. Nelson Mandela

Paul

Solomon

Ants

The Lizard

Can God Trust You with an Opportunity?

Chapter 4 - Be Warned

Not Every Opportunity Is from God

Be Able to Say No!

Do Not Misuse the Opportunity

Some People Will Abandon You

Whom Are You Serving?

Your Calling Is Not For Everyone

Attacks

No Respect for Your Enemies

Opportunity Cost

Chapter 5 - The Enemies of Your Progress

Fear

Laziness

Good Activities, but Are They Right for You?

Let Taking Advantage of an Opportunity Be a Daily Habit

Can God Trust You with an Opportunity?

Chapter 6 - The Days of Hiding behind Your Inabilities Are Over!

Let God Deal with Your Past

No Excuses

No More Hiding

Create an Opportunity

Chapter 7 - Weak Areas Shall Be Strong

Control What You Can and Let God Control What You Can’t

Is It a Problem or an Opportunity?

How Bad Do You Want It?

You and Your Role Model

The Master of Opportunities Spends Time Thinking

Faith

Chapter 8 - Perception and Perspective

The Boat

Perspective Is All That Matters

What Is in Your Hands?

An Open Door

An Eagle’s Perspective

Chapter 9 - Opportunity in Partnerships

Learning from Mistakes

Ruth and Naomi

Chapter 10 - Generational Leaders

Different Types of Leaders

Lead Yourself

Let Them Fly

Chapter 11 - The Environment

Is Your Environment Supporting Your Dream?

If Your Environment Were Changed Today, How Would You Be Affected?

If Your Environment Was to Remain the Same for the Next Five Years, How Will It Affect Your Dream?

The Right Environment

Rough Conditions

Chapter 12 - Create an Opportunity to Talk to the Master

You Will Become Bold

Breaking Out in the Midst of Opposition

Resistance

Using Your Resources and Your Energy

Have a Direction in Life

Conclusion

Life is not about having enough time.

A person can still have more than enough time and yet fail to achieve something worth celebrating.

What is it that distinguishes those who make it in life and those who do not?

Why are some people more progressive in life than others?

Allow me to walk with you on this journey of discovering how to become a master of opportunity.

Introduction

Opportunity is defined as a chance for advancement, progress, or profit. Most of us desire to advance, progress in life, or make a profit in certain areas of our lives. Without progress, stress, anxiety, and frustration take precedence in our lives. Without progress, there can’t be a family. Without profit, there can’t be a business. A business turns into busyness. Busyness is action and activity without profit. We do not want to be at a point in our lives where there’s too much action and activity but no good returns or results; hence, Master of Opportunities was born.

A person who studies psychology becomes a psychologist, and a student who studies science becomes a scientist. Likewise, this book intends to create an awareness of opportunities, thereby transforming the reader into a master of opportunities.

Each and every day, we are bombarded with countless opportunities. It could be an opportunity to be a student in some field of study, an opportunity to be in a relationship, or a financial opportunity. Whatever it may be, an opportunity comes for your advancement, progress, or profit. Mastering the art of handling opportunities could change your life and cause you to progress faster than those who lack such an art.

The book points out and explores ways in which you can take advantage of an opportunity at hand.

In this world, we all face disappointments one way or the other. When we face such situations, we can either shrink or grow. How can someone go through so much and yet, compared to others, rise from the ashes better and stronger? How can people be born in the same place, play the same games, yet turn out different?

My prayer is that at the end of this book, you will be able to explore available opportunities at your disposal and be able to master the next major opportunity in your life. May this prayer become a reality as you turn page after page.

CHAPTER 1

Preparation