Opportunity Knocking: Why Participation Matters

Allow me to lay out a small equation for you, if I may, albeit in a more drawn-out expression of itself.

One of my unwritten rules for life and my lifestyle in particular is connected to my challenges - as an example, the ‘guess my location in 24hrs and win a hundred bucks’ challenge I sometimes like to host for no reason or at least no reason in particular.

I just enjoy giving other people in my life and circle a chance for me to give to them.

Doing so in this manner naturally and effortlessly allows me to help them for reasons outside the obvious now … one of which being money people don’t truly appreciate something they haven’t worked for.

A consequence of our western education, I suppose.

So … here’s your chance, I tell them.

Going beyond, one of my unwritten rules goes like this: if you don’t participate in any of my challenges ever, you don’t get to ask me for money outside of those challenges and expect I’ll actually give you something.

That goes double if you have clearly had the opportunity to take advantage of what I offered.

Now, in a nutshell, what am I saying is: there really is no free chicken around here.

If you want something from me, the best thing you can do for yourself in my eyes is to put even a little bit of effort in and in the case that you need it, you might actually get something from me.

You see, I’ve seen you in those cases in which you do take advantage of the opportunities I present as someone who takes action in life - someone who seizes opportunities I’m showing up with regardless of how close you are to me, or not.

You have essentially proven yourself as someone who will indelibly and intelligently enable my help in your life to be put to some good use willfully demonstrating the kind of person you are in the process now.

In the case that you don’t jump on these opportunities or at the very least attempt them, I won’t see you as someone who can be helped, and easily so at that.

That is, if you put in absolutely zero effort, you will always get nothing out from me from the nothing you’ve put in outside of your ask.

All in all, what am I saying?

If you tell me with your words you want something from me yet you show me with your actions how you don’t or aren’t willing to put in a little effort for it, my unwritten rule will have spoken for itself.

Nothing I give you will be able to help you … let’s not waste our time here, shall we?