Become capable of opportunities that have not found you yet.

Opportunity is not a lottery so much as a matching problem. Chances tend to appear for people who are already carrying the skill, the reputation, or the readiness the moment requires, because the moment cannot pause while you go and prepare. Waiting to be chosen before you develop leaves you permanently one step behind the door. Building first means the door opens onto someone who can walk through it.

Think about the role or the room you would like access to, then name the single capability that would be assumed of anyone there. Spend this week’s practice on that one thing rather than on searching for the opening.