You Find What You Seek

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Francis Bacon

Want some “truth?”

Whatever you focus on comes to pass.

Not necessarily exactly how you envision it (sometimes better… ), but usually close.

In most every phase of life you can look at life’s events as see them as “problems” or “opportunities.”

Your focus determines how things appear to you.

How things appear to you largely determines your actions.

Want to create more “opportunities?”

Change your focus (or strengthen it).

99% of the time what you’re presented with is an opportunity.

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