IF IT ISN'T YOUR JOB TO DO IT, PERHAPS IT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. Someone once
observed that the reason we often fail to recognize opportunities is because
they come disguised as problems. When a customer, a colleague, or your boss
has a problem, it may create a valuable opportunity for you. It isn't
important to the person with the problem how your company is organized or
whose responsibility it is to solve the problem; he or she only wants the
situation resolved. The next time a customer, a colleague, or your boss asks
for your assistance in something that falls outside your area of
responsibility, instead of referring them to someone else, offer to help.
Look at the situation from the other person's point of view. How would you
like the situation handled if the roles were reversed? Take the initiative
to find the answer, solve the pr
observed that the reason we often fail to recognize opportunities is because
they come disguised as problems. When a customer, a colleague, or your boss
has a problem, it may create a valuable opportunity for you. It isn't
important to the person with the problem how your company is organized or
whose responsibility it is to solve the problem; he or she only wants the
situation resolved. The next time a customer, a colleague, or your boss asks
for your assistance in something that falls outside your area of
responsibility, instead of referring them to someone else, offer to help.
Look at the situation from the other person's point of view. How would you
like the situation handled if the roles were reversed? Take the initiative
to find the answer, solve the pr
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