Learning to See
How fast can you spot the two otters in this picture
People tell me I have an uncanny ability to spot wildlife.
This is a skill I actually learned in the Marines. We where always playing war games in which we were looking for each other and setting up mock ambushes. You learned to scan the terrain for anything inconsistent. Anything out of the ordinary. Many times ‘the enemy’ was hiding in plain sight.
So I took this skill and used it to spot critters. They usually do the same thing: try to hide in plain sight. The main thing is that I bother to look when most people are lost in their internal dialogue.
One day I was driving around with some Real Estate investor friends of mine. We were talking about net operating income or something along those lines when I shouted out “There is a red shouldered hawk!” I think they thought I was weird as many people do.
I like to hang out with investors of all types. Why you may ask? Because they have have learned to SEE OPPORTUNITY!! Most of them say “opportunity likes to hide in plain sight.” Sometimes it likes to disguise itself as hard work.
The important thing is if you look for something you can probably find it. All you have to do is train yourself to see.
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