Leading with Care: How Women Around the World are Inspiring Businesses, Empowering Communities, and Creating Opportunity

Tying Opportunity to Action

Regardless of their definition of opportunity, successful women from all walks of life often find it difficult to discuss opportunity without listing specific instances of how it has crossed their lives. Examples sprout in every direction: a college scholarship, a job offer, a promotion, a move to a new city, a chance meeting with the right partner. But regardless of the example, one constant theme occurs over and over again: there is no value to an opportunity unless you capitalize on it.

So opportunity, as such, is only half the equation. The second half is your involvement in it—the moves you take to make the most of it. Many people see an opportunity but don’t have the courage to pursue it. Some are scared, ...