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Opportunity Favors Minds Ready Before the Moment

Finally, personal readiness grows from daily choices. Stephen R. Covey’s “Quadrant II” focus (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 1989) urges investment in important-but-not-urgent work—skills, relationships, documentation—that pays off when opportunities arrive. That investment benefits from strategic constraints: say no to misaligned tasks, preserve buffers in your schedule, and stage resources so they are instantly deployable. Over time, this quiet architecture ensures that when opportunity knocks—and it never knocks twice in the same way—you can open the door without scrambling. [...]