We are fortunate to live in a time with more accessible opportunity than probably any other period of history. The accessibility of the global market presents great possibilities for those capable of developing the mindset to harness them. This is reflected in our modernized version of Think and Grow Rich.
Expansive Opportunities
“The global marketplace created by the internet has also vastly expanded the opportunities for wealth creation available to the masses at every economical level. The internet makes it possible to build a career or start a business with very little, even no, money. It also puts endless informational resources at hand and opens up a myriad of new jobs. No wealth-building tools the likes of the internet have ever been so widely available to all people before. On the internet, your potential for wealth creation is truly limited only by your imagination and desire.
Those who desire wealth should remember–the real leaders of the world have always been men who harnessed, and put into practical use, the intangible, unseen forces of unborn opportunity, and have converted those forces, [or impulses of thought], into sky-scrapers, cities, factories, airplanes, automobiles, computers, the internet, and every other form of convenience that makes life easier and more enjoyable.
Open Mindedness Creates Opportunity
Tolerance and an open mind are practical necessities of the dreamer of today. Anyone who is afraid of new ideas is doomed before they start. Never has there been a time more favorable to pioneers and entrepreneurs than the present, because never has business been so accessible, with so large a market so easily reached. True, there is no wild and woolly west to be conquered; but there is a vast business, financial, industrial, technical, and investment world to be remolded and redirected along new and better lines.”
A Home For Success
Fear has no place in this new market of opportunity, not for the person who would succeed and be wealthy. A mind that is open to success, though, will always find a home here, and a way to build great wealth and success.
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
SeanRasmussen.com © 2004 – 2008
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There are some amazing opportunities about to develop in this world, as Sean has pointed out in his wonderful post . Yet the sad part I see in this development is only approx. 3 to 4 % of people are prepared enough to see and accept the opportunities , sad and a proven fact .
Did you know that it’s not when you were born or the date you died, that has the biggest influence on your life on this planet . It’s the constant learning ,struggling , growing & developing of the magnifficent human being you were meant to become by the universe between those years and what you do with it to make a difference with your life, and others around you . Always strive to become a better you & the day you stop learning is the actual day you begin to die , walk tall and proud and keep an open mind so you will always recognise an opportunity. Only my opinion.
Hey………life is good……….
Allen Sentance
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I like it Allen.
More opinions please.
That’s gold Allen,
More Seans and Allens in this world (and more me’s) will be the best possible outcome for the 21st century and beyond.
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Hi Sean,
I totally agree. The internet has opened the door to huge opportunities for all of us. I can do business with anyone, anywhere in the world. I don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on opening a ‘bricks and mortar’ business. I can start my business with little or no money and create an income.
I think this is a really exciting time to be alive. When I was really little, my grandmother owned a store. Each day we would walk to the store, work there all day and then return home. Looking at it now, I realize that the store owned my grandmother. She had to be there at a certain time each day and there were never any days off.
I think my Grandmother would be amazed to know that I can take my store with me. I can go to the beach for the day, log-in, and make money in between swimming and surfing. I love the opportunities that the internet has opened up for me.
I totally agree, the Internet offers a load of opportunities. And interestingly the computer age also creates new opportunities for “hands on” business because a lot of people don’t have (or take) as much time as before, so this opens opportunities for services left right and center.
Keep your eyes open and you will find something. Every time is a good time.
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Hi Renee,
You make an excellent point. Because everyone is so time poor at the moment, there are lots of opportunities for people with offline businesses if they take advantage of this.
I think the most successful people are those who are the most able to adapt to changing circumstances and capitalise on them. There are always opportunities; it’s just the seeing them that’s the problem.
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Tolerance and open-mindedness required for dreamers. Definitely.
I would add: curiosity. An inquiring mind.
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I utterly agree with you that this times, right here and right now, are the most conducive ever in known history, for opportunity for everyone. This time in history is so very special. We have nearly had world war three a couple of times, and pulled back. Our species is living longer and healthier than ever before (when we look for ourselves and not listen to everything we are fed.) And while there are some glaring anomalies, our potential for world changing events have never been greater. There is huge promise, and of course great responsibility. Maybe we have had to know how utterly disgraceful we could be to have the burning desire to improve. Whatever the ‘big plan’ is, I’m glad I’m here, and I’m glad I have an opportunity to make a difference, and most of all, I’m really glad for all of you here and all around.
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We enjoy a free society that allows people to harness the unseen forces of opportunity to create an unlimited variety of marvels. In countries run by dictators and the like, the masses would do well to use the unseen forces to dislodge the despots that enslave them first, so allowing them to experience such freedom to create.
Wal Heinrich´s last blog ..Think And Grow Rich Mindset Mastery
Hi Sean,
You have made a really good point here. Many opportunities have opened up due to the internet and running a business has never been easier. In the past to open a retail store would mean having heavy overheads. This would involve staff to employ, rent to pay and stock to buy along with many other associated costs.
An online business can be operated from anywhere and by becoming an Affiliate Marketer a seller doesn’t even need to buy stock to get started because selling other peoples products on the internet is how it’s done. Internet marketing certainly is a no fuss way of doing business.
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Hi Jill,
We live in very exciting times. We can get started online with no outlay. We can set up a business and start marketing products all without spending a cent. It’s so different to what happens with a bricks and mortar business.
We’re very fortunate to live in these times when we can have access to the wonder of the internet. It has transformed our lives and it gives us the opportunity to make money right from the comfort of our own home.
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