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Opportunity, Luck, and Change

Opportunity knocks, and the wise businessperson answers the door every
time. Leaving opportunity on the table is an invitation for rivals—both
businesses and people—to take control. Along with opportunity, luck plays a
role in getting ahead. And change, a constant in business, is pregnant with
opportunity. For today’s business owners and managers to better the chances of
survival, the pace of change had better be a never-ending preoccupation. The
quotes below offer advice, encouragement, and experience in the area of
recognizing opportunity, taking advantage of luck, and mastering change.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

—Albert Einstein, developer of the theory of relativity

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, orator, and author

Opportunity is manufactured.