This week, my dad is back with some sage advice – not necessarily about how to strike it rich in the stock market or how to become a renown swordsman – but how to recognize opportunities.

Now, it doesn’t happen overnight.  Recognizing opportunities is a learned behavior that comes from lots of practice over lots of time.  But, with God’s help, opportunities to change peoples’ lives abound every day.

From simply holding a door open for someone to simply listening to someone’s story, being polite can reveal many opportunities to touch someone’s life and change it for the better.

The key to recognizing opportunities is to simply start by caring about people.