How Can I Recognise Opportunities? The Gift Of Intuition
- Aug 12, 2021
- 5 min read
Written by: Bernadette Bruckner, Executive Contributor
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Ever missed an opportunity you felt you should take and then didn’t?
YES?
Me too! I haven’t missed too many times, but when I did, I was upset that I didn’t take the chance.
Fear might be one reason or believing you don’t deserve it or don’t have enough skills to have a chance at getting a particular opportunity.
And, and, and …
We have tons of excuses, don’t we? 😊
In Austria, we have a saying for this, “Hätt I, wär I…!” In English, this roughly translates as, “If I would’ve done, I would’ve been…!”
‘Fuck up big time’ was my motto for many years!
What if… we just, out of fun and courage, grab the opportunities that are around us and go for it?
“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity, but you are not sure you can do it,
say yes – then learn how to do it later.” ― Richard Branson
CO&P – Creating Opportunities and Possibilities
As a fan of the theory of timelines and that every possibility is possible, I truly create opportunities to get my chances for growing my business where all my dreams become a reality!
Therefore, over the last year, I have created many things I dreamt about when I was a kid, including my own radio show, podcasts, my own TV show (coming 2021), and my own magazine (2022), as I want to share as much as possible with this world! I “feel” that there are “maybe” opportunities when connecting with others. And yet, I was too scared for many years to go and chase my dreams. It would be a small jump in your daily life…and yet it is so difficult.
DARE to go beyond your own fears (fEARs are between your EARs!).
Reframe your fears into:
F – fast
E – excellent
A – aligned
R – repeat
S – simple
What is intuition?
As an HSP, highly sensitive person, I perceive a great deal and just “know” when something doesn’t feel good or “seem right”. As a child, I was overwhelmed with everything. Today, since I learned to handle my gifts, I teach others how to listen to their intuition and body intelligence.
“Gifts can be curses, too, if we cannot handle them!” Bernadette.
So, my question to you is, “How do you know that what is in front of you IS a real opportunity?”
Are opportunities really opportunities?
Many years ago, I could have secured the “best, most incredible job in the world” by… sleeping with my boss! Later, by sleeping with others. Later, by …
Are those real opportunities to “be someone” or get a start in a career?
Not in my world or in the way I planned to fulfill my dreams.
I could be filthy rich by now, yet, would I be happy?
After all, I met multimillionaires, celebrities, successful entrepreneurs and encountered many other opportunities – maybe not as obvious as those mentioned above, BUT true opportunities all the same. Those encounters where you know that the next steps and milestones are being generated when you talk with them or contact them for something greater. If we consider our strategies of seeing chances, opportunities, and possibilities, we might get a sense of how we react and act on something we perceive.
Exercise for you:
How do you define opportunities for yourself? Could you perhaps see this word and the meaning attached to it differently? Does it feel good when you perceive information and recognize that this could be an opportunity for your business?
Yes, I have made mistakes. Yes, I have failed. Yes, I have fucked up. And yet, most of the time, when I listen to my intuition and gut feelings, my choices are perfect for me! This doesn’t mean they are perfect for others, but they are one step further towards fulfilling my dreams.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” -Marianne Williamson
I work with so many people who are afraid of many things. Most of the time being seen, heard, and recognized for fulfilling their own deepest dreams! I go beyond my own fears knowing that I create for the higher good of all. When I have this way of acting and reacting, I know that at the end of the day, I can look in the mirror and say, “Lady, you did well today! Rock on!”
What about you? How do you see yourself daily in the mirror?
“Losing everything to gain everything.” This wasn’t exactly what I wanted to experience in my teens, and yet it happened later in my life. I nearly lost my life four times; I lost my home, my money… and yet, deep in me, I knew that there was something profound in this experience. I saw a great opportunity beyond imagination. Trusting my intuition 1,000% and not listening to others was the key.
The key is to survive AND thrive beyond what we learn and are conditioned with when growing up. I even nearly completely changed my friends who, later on in my life, were more hinderers than supporters.
Which tribe do you want to have around you?
Me: Nurturing ones! Cheering ones and those supporting me for making my dreams become real.
And you? Who would nurture you? And who wouldn’t?
If everything IS possible, what would you love to have around NOW? As Walt Disney said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” And you too? Trust yourself and your intuition!
Bernadette Bruckner, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine The creative allrounder worked successfully in different working fields in Austria and abroad. By her interest in corporate communications, marketing, human resources, and many other business areas, she has appropriated an enormous amount of knowledge over more than 30 years. Numerous educations at international top-trainers like Richard Bandler, Robert Dilts, Roy Martina, and Clinton Swaine. Internationally active as a holistic trainer in health, nutrition, and mental health with exceptional holistic resilience methods. Founder of „iMM – intuitive mentoring method and 1-min-coaching-to-go“, further development of NLP, as well as „ORINITION® – n(fl)ourish soul.mind.body.“ – an innovative nutrition work of (re-) membering our own body intelligence. Successfully Master’s degree in health management with a focus on public health. International Ph.D. & research in health communication with a focus on psycholinguistics combined with neuroplasticity and health economics. International bestselling publisher and author of numerous books in different languages. Global Author Award 2018 / Nominatee NLP Award in Research 2019 in London. 2021 opening my own research center for intuitive science in Austria.
