Lost Opportunities

When Corey Rudl suddenly died in 2005 I felt like the sky fell down on Earth. I never met Corey in-person, but he was one of a few netpreneurs I admired and trusted -- probably the most admired and trusted of them all. He had that honest, kind, generous demeanor about him that "sells" better than any advertisement or loud pr. And I really wanted to go to one of his live seminars... one of these days.

I wasn't in a hurry. After all, if I couldn't go that year, next year would be good as well.

Shortly after Corey got married he held a free seminar -- yes, free -- to celebrate his happy marriage. An unbelievable opportunity! I couldn't go. Well, I could, but it was bad timing, stuff came up... you know. Basically, it required a really big effort on my part. So, I didn't go. There would be a better timing and another seminar, I told myself.

Then, Corey died in a car crash. And there would never be another seminar. Or another Corey. That opportunity is forever lost -- it died in that crash too.

We often feel that some opportunities -- whether it's about business, things or people -- will always be there for us. That we can get to them when we can get to them -- tomorrow, next week or next year... And it's just not so. We loose opportunities monthly, maybe even daily unless we stop taking them for granted and do something about them.

Some huge opportunities died on me last week. I didn't kill them, I just didn't use them when I had a chance. I thought I could get to them... whenever. And now I can't. By the way, they weren't about money -- they were about my dreams.