Amit’s e-world

How many people have you come across who confess that they secured an opportunity by being at the right place at the right time. The million dollar question that remains is: how can you be at the right place at the right time. It sounds like tripping on a pot of gold, doesn’t it? Not quite.. I believe. Like most things, there are ways of boosting the probability of occurrence of such favourable events.

The first of which is to be memorable. Being memorable is an art. Try to remember the last forum you attended, say a year back. How many people from that forum would you still remember or are in touch with. How many people did you actually reach out to, because you were interested in staying in touch with them. Now, put yourself in the shoes of someone who you would want to remember you, when an opportunity arises. Of course, it isn’t easy to master someone else’s mind. What I personally try to do is leave a few key messages rather than a disjoint set of messages that leaves a confused and light impression of me in someone else’s eyes. If you are looking to buy a new vacuum cleaner for your house, what brand name comes to your mind. Readers in the UK would say "Hoover" while those in India would say "Eureka Forbes". These organisations have been successful in making themselves memorable. It is far easier for an organisation to be memorable, because there a limited number of players in the industry. But it is far more difficult for an individual to be memorable, but not an impossible task by any means (at least with a set of people).

Keep reinforcing the message. Out of sight means out of mind, especially for people at higher echelons given the sheer number of people they get in touch with on a day-to-day basis & the changing situations they keep getting involved in. Not surprisingly, these people are key influencers of most opportunities & you need them to remember you. Think of innovative ways of how you can keep refreshing their memories with minimum fuss.  If I had a paid subscription to my blog site, I would have loved to share what I do. I am sure you would excuse me for being a bit discreet in what I write here, because as I said, this approach has to be innovative & unique, otherwise it never leaves an impression.

Some people may be genuinely lucky to get things their way. But, most like me can definitely improve the odds in their favour by being at the right place at the right time.