Make My Own Opportunities

I was told to choose one piece of advice or observation from Forrest Pound or Dave Binegar and write 300 words on how I could apply it to my own work life or career plans. The piece of advice I would like to use is to 'Make My Own Opportunities'

I can make my own opportunities by identifying and pursuing a niche that is either underserved or an emerging trend. I could look at it objectively from all angles and use my creativity about how I could best serve that need. I may have an idea about how to do something better, faster, cheaper or at a higher quality. This niche could be linked with new medias or social media. I have to make sure that my niche plays with what I do well and my passion. Once I define I niche, make it my business to know more than my peers about this area. One of my passions is popular music and this is what I would like to integrate in to my career plans of having a career in radio production.

I should devise a strategy that helps me stand out from the crowd and get noticed, one of these ways is that I could develop, promote and produce a web site, blog, or online discussion forum about music or media production. I could write articles on a niche or my passion and submit them to magazines, newspapers, related web sites and email newsletters. What I am doing is deepening my knowledge and sharing it with the world. If I do this effectively, then I will get noticed among the people who matter in my field. I may become the person people go to for information and would put me in a wonderful position. I'll be no longer one of the many, but one of the few.