Opportunities surround us

We are often limited by our backgrounds, situations, and priorities. We may be an accounts payable clerk who cannot imagine how we are any different than any other accounts payable clerk. We may be tightening our family budget and losing our house, so we cannot imagine investing in self improvement to compete in the marketplace. We might insist that our family time, sports, and other activities must have priority over looking for work, performing at work, or selling.

The opportunities lie in determining:

• How an accounts payable clerk can help a company not lose money through fewer duplicate payments, stretching out payment a little longer to non-critical suppliers, automating or improving the process to increase productivity, consolidating many bills into one payment, or suggesting contingency based third party auditors to recover funds that belong to the company, and much more.
• How defensive actions now, like foregoing less critical expenses and even selling your house and renting for a season, can give you the ability to survive and invest in your future.
• How having a family meeting to discuss today’s realities and working as a family to allow the bread winners more time to keep a job, get a promotion, or sell more by prioritizing events and recognizing that challenging times require different approaches to help the family survive and thrive.

Every crisis brings opportunities to those who are willing to look for them.

I have heard that many large businesses in the U.S. were started during the Great Depression by those with the vision to see and grab the opportunities around them.

What opportunities are surrounding you?