Opportunity and Preparation

The doors of opportunity will open for you. It is up to YOU to be prepared.

Over the weekend, I found an email 14years ago, taking the leap of faith to leave a full-time position for a contractor role within a new industry. I had no background or formal education, around engineering nor within in oil and gas. Luckily for me, the Fortune 100 company brought me on because of my EXPERTISE. I realized that this opportunity was in direct alignment with my Life Plan. I had worked in manufacturing, finance, IT, Benefits and Transportation. The next industry that I wanted to immerse myself was either into was oil and gas or the government. My Life Plan required that I worked in a company that provided the structure and exposure of how to engage globally. Working at the bank was awesome, but I knew I was constrained by the very scope of the bank, not being international. They were local with some regional outlets, but nothing global already in place. I decided to move forward and pursue an opportunity in the oil and gas sector. I took a leap of faith and resigned from the bank and joined the oil and gas company and was a contractor for 5 years, until I was hired on Full-Time for an additional 8 years. This only occurred because of 2 things: Being Prepared and by having a Plan.