In March of 2020 my wife Sarah & I started reading a book called “Opportunity” as a way to keep our minds positive & focused.
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It’s by one of my favorite educators, Eben Pagan.
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Today’s chapter had a story worth sharing…
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“Researchers did a fascinating experiment.
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They asked people to read a newspaper, and count the number of photographs inside.
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People who described themselves as ‘unlucky’ took 2 mins to count all the photos.
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People who described themselves as ‘lucky’ came up with the answer in a few seconds.
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How could this be?
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On the 2nd page of the newspaper, there was a big advertisement, with a headline that said, ‘Stop Counting, There Are 43 Photographs In This Newspaper.’
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It was deliberately designed and camouflaged to look like an ad.
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The unlucky people didn’t see it.
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Richard Wiseman, the psychologist who was doing this research, said:
‘Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else.'”
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The point I took from this was that there are opportunities happening all around us — and focusing only on what doors are closed to us hides the doors that are also opening up for us.