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Expand Your Opportunity Zone
Learning the Skills of Possibility Thinking
“Opportunities do not come once a month or once a week or even once a day. They come every second, every nanosecond. They are infinite and limitless. Be aware of the infinite opportunities around you. Spot and then evaluate the ones that are right for you. Seize them today, and every other day, to win at life.”
- Rob Moore
Many cities across the U.S. have designated certain neighborhoods as “Opportunity Zones”, offering developers and businesses powerful tax incentives to build and invest. Today however, we’re going to explore an even bigger Opportunity Zone, and it doesn’t require special zoning or Federal legislation! Within our own minds is an incredible Opportunity Zone of untapped and overlooked potential. All of us are standing in the midst of Acres of Diamonds, but somehow haven’t seen the giant blinking sign that says “Opportunity Zone”.
To RECOGNIZE and EXPAND your Opportunity Zone, you must start by doing a 180-shift from scarcity-based pattern recognition (Constantly asking “What’s wrong?”) to limitless pattern creation (Constantly asking “What’s possible?”). This isn’t just about feel good positive thinking, it’s about building Opportunity Intelligence. Fortunately, Opportunity Intelligence is a learnable skill, grounded in neuroscience, and is used by elite performers, creators, and entrepreneurs.
Let’s break it down with ROCKET-powered clarity:
🧠 1. Remember Your Future Self
Your future self is already seizing opportunities. Tap into that vision. What do they see that you don’t yet?
Exercise: Spend 2 minutes to visualize yourself a month from now, having said yes to the right opportunities. What did you say no to? What habits helped you become more decisive? How did you spot this exciting new opportunity? Who helped you along the way?
🎯 2. Own Your ONE Thing
When overwhelmed with options, remember: opportunity without clarity creates chaos. Opportunity Intelligence begins by taking small but deliberate steps. As Gary Keller writes in The One Thing, “Going small is ignoring all the things you could do and doing what you should do.”
Ask: “What’s the ONE small step, if taken today, would help make everything else easier or unnecessary?”
✨ 3. Celebrate Change
Change is your signal that the old identity is shedding. It means new opportunities are appearing. But you must train your eyes to see them.
Shift Perspective: Instead of saying “I’m confused,” say “I’m exploring.” Instead of “This is impossible,” say “I’m leveling up to new possibilities.”
💗 4. Keep Kind Intentions
Expanding your Opportunity Zone doesn’t mean rushing headfirst into burnout. Self-compassion increases risk tolerance. It builds the resilience to try again and again and again, to pivot, and stretch.
Neville Goddard reminds us: “Everything is yours for the taking, if you can imagine it.”
Be kind to yourself if opportunities slip past. In today’s rapidly changing economy, another opportunity is always just moments away!
⚡ 5. Engage with Exponential Effort
Most people stop when effort feels unrewarded. To unlock Opportunity Intelligence, you must train past the point of “failure”. David Goggins calls this “callousing the mind”. Deliberately staying positive and to keep pushing forward when you least feel like it builds Opportunity Intelligence. Small actions compound: One more DM… One more proposal.. One more post…One more idea… all of your consistent possibility-based steps can and will unlock vast reservoirs of hidden opportunity.
🧑🚀 6. Transform Time with Your Team
You can only travel so far by yourself in the Opportunity Zone. Collaborate with people who’ve walked ahead of you, made different mistakes, or seized unfamiliar opportunities.
Other people’s perspective expands your lens. The right CREW accelerates your zone of potential. Build a CREW who helps expand your Opportunity Zone: Courage to Risk, Recognition of Progress, Expanding Horizons, and Wisdom through Mentorship.
🔓 Opportunity Zone Expansion Training: 3 Power Questions
Ask these daily to stretch your lens and activate momentum:
What opportunity am I currently overlooking because it feels unfamiliar or scary?
Where am I underestimating my own ability to follow through if I said YES?
Who in my circle sees a bigger opportunity for me than I see for myself?
🚀 Conclusion: Your Next Opportunity Is Already Here…Will You See It?
Opportunity Zones remain hidden until your vision pulls them forward from the future. They live in conversations you haven’t had, skills you haven’t yet developed, and ideas you haven’t dared to explore. Your Opportunity Zone expands not by chance but by expanding your field of possibility.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of what to do next… this is your ignition point. Your Opportunity Zone is already open for business! It just takes One idea. One courageous choice. One unstoppable YOU.
