Do you think success is related to opportunity ??

China
October 9, 2010 7:04am CST
I often hear my friends complain that"if I have a good opportunity like success men,I will also succeed as them".Do you agree? In my opinion,I am very against this idea.There is an old saying "Everything comes to him who waits".If you meet an good opportunity as everyone,can you catch it?The success men succeed,because they have the ability to catch the coming chance.And what is more,they have the power to make opportunity.Do you have it?There is no denying that opportunity is very important for everyone.someone catch it easily and others will not encounter it in all life.In fact, opportunity passed around everyone,the important thing is that you need discover and catch it.
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@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Oct 10
Some create opportunity to shine and some miss opportunity when it is presented before him or her.Making the best use of an opportunity is the key to success.Some wait for opportunity and some other create.Once you loose an an opportunity you will never get it.There is no use regretting later.'Every thing comes to one who waits' is also not correct according to me.Why should one wait at all?.You first decide your abilities in doing things in any field.Once you decide then create an opportunity without waiting for it to come.Show your caliber.Success follows...
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@K46620 (1986)
• United States
22 Oct 10
Not too much. attitude and determination are more important factors.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
11 Oct 10
"Success always comes when preparation meets opportunityā€¯ is a Henry Hartman quote which rings very true to me. Whenever I have a goal I do all I can physically do in order to reach my destination and put my desire out there to the universe and keep my senses open to all opportunities that come along as they inevitably will and put in the hard work required to make my dream a reality.
@romzz05 (572)
• Philippines
10 Oct 10
The people that succeed are those that can turn threat and challenges into opportunities. That's how i always see it. Successful people can see and smell opportunity. If other see opportunity in black and white they see it in red.
• Philippines
10 Oct 10
Yes.. I think so. When there`s a lot of opportunities that comes your way, there`s a big possibility for you to become successful. But of course, you need to put much effort and dedication to it. ^.^
@Paper_Doll (2373)
• Philippines
11 Oct 10
I have missed so many good opportunities in all aspects of life because of my attitude. Currently, I am doing my best to be prepared the next time it knocks on my door. Well, I really hope that windows will open for a few more opportunities and I definitely would grab them.
• United States
9 Oct 10
In a way yes, if you do something at the right place and the right time, then your chances of success are usually greater. I don't really know why this is, but I can tell you that if you look at Oprah, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, these people all seemed to have gotten their success at the time and place where it was favorable.
@jamed28 (1903)
• Philippines
10 Oct 10
I do believe that success is made through hard work. But then of course opportunities is really a good help to be successful. I am one of the top student during college, well if you'll see my classmates today, I have a classmate who belongs to the bottom of the class who are very successful. Well this is because they got a good opportunities in life and they work hard for it.
@rhizjen (140)
• Philippines
10 Oct 10
I don't think so because even if you have opportunity but you don't grab it, you don't work smart and hard to be able to succeed, an opportunity remains an opportunity and will not turn to success.Furthermore, Success stories of that people doesn't only relies on success and opportunity alone. They also experience a lot of pain, frustrations, failures, disappointments and lost before they get into the top. Oftentimes, the people we considered successful don't consider themselves successful at all because behind the success, we have to sacrifice some things or even everything that important to us...
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
9 Oct 10
For some people it is, because some people are simply not clever or hardworking enough to find opportunities on their own (sad but true, forgive me for being honest here!), but others manage to find opportunities on their own too. I think it depends a bit on the person.
• Philippines
10 Oct 10
I'm really sorry but it looks like that your ideas basically conflict to each other. I'm sorry for this. First, success is one of the opportunity that comes in our life. Opportunity knocks in our own very door without even knowing it. It needs a response and this respond must not a passive one. When you're in passive mode, opportunity will pass to the other door (to other person). We must not wait the opportunity to pass. We must act and try our capabilities in every challenge (opportunity).
• Malaysia
10 Oct 10
Opportunity is only for those who are ready. We all blaming there is no opportunity for us to fly high. Well, do you get ready for it ? Have you prepared yourself when the opportunity arrive ? Are you able to identify whether it is an opportunity or a trap ? It is not only those who lucky has the chance to grab it but it also depends on ones determination, preparation and intelligent.
@laurenn08 (125)
• Philippines
9 Oct 10
Opportunity comes first before success its a big difference because success are the good things that you've done while opportunity comes first before success, there are instances that if you have a great success in life the great opportunity will come.
10 Oct 10
Opportunities can lead to success, and success can lead to more oppurtunities. You have to achieve one or the other and then strive for more, and you might be granted with more, better opportunites, which leads to success.
@banban (601)
• China
9 Oct 10
Well, if you think you work hard and you don't succeed it, usually, you are not hard-working enough. But, to some extent, the opportunity plays a certain important role. However, the chance always awaits people who are ready.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
9 Oct 10
sometimes it is related. that is why the saying, "opportunity knocks only once". still, it is how we make our life that makes it successful. and the definition of success differs from one to another.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
9 Oct 10
I believe that success and opportunity are very closely related. the more opportunities you have in life, the greater is your chance for success.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
9 Oct 10
Yes I am believed on this that success is related to opportunity also. Because sometimes opportunity comes to us and we can get success many times. And also sometimes our reference also gives us opportunity for getting success. So I always believe on this that both relates to each other.
• Mumbai, India
9 Oct 10
Good question :) Yesss to some extent success is related to opportunity. If you don't pick up an opportunity you would never know if you are going to succeed there or not, I used the words "to some Extent" because Success also depends on destiny or luck, I or you must have seen certain people who are very able for a particular task, but inspite of trying too hard or putting all efforts they do not achieve what they want :). Take an example of actors, many people aspire to be actors, train themselves have all the abilities, lag behind or never get a chance, wheareas a few are chosen by destiny they get one opportunity and there is never looking back :). So I think Luck has to play a little role with success and opportunity, if you are going to sit at home wondering that opportunity would come knocking your dooor, you are absolutely wrong, You need to go out and take chances where-ever you get opportunity. So I would agree that successs is closely related to opportunity though not completely :)
@paige4evr (118)
• Estonia
9 Oct 10
Yes. It is the most important factor. Because someone can work hard all they want but if they're working hard on the wrong thing they are wasting their energy. And people have to look for opportunities as well. So it's not out of your control but people have to find opportunities for themselves to be succesful. People that have really made it for themselves have found these opportunities, of course some have made it by luck as well, that's just life. But you have to make the right decisions to be succesful and to some people chances come more easily and that part is not under someone's control at all.