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layout: mental-model
name: Oppourtunity Magnet
benefit: Coming soon
summary: Coming soon
name: Opportunity Magnet
benefit: This mental model helps idenfity ways we can be chased rather being a chaser
summary: Do not focus only on chasing opportunities. Focus on becoming the type of person opportunities chase.
prerequisites:
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#### Description
## Description

You can either chase a job, a girl, or a position; or you can upgrade yourself in such a way that these things chase you.
This mental model helps idenfity ways we can be chased rather being a chaser
You can chase a job, a partner, or a position.

Or you can upgrade yourself in a way that makes those things chase you.

This mental model helps identify ways to become attractive to opportunities instead of constantly pursuing them.

Instead of asking, _“How do I get this?”_ Ask, _“Who do I need to become so this comes to me?”_

When you increase your skills, reputation, network, and output, you reduce the need to chase. Opportunities naturally gravitate toward visible value.

Reference:
https://crazypolymath.substack.com/p/how-to-become-an-opportunity-magnet

#### Practice
## Practice
1. Identify something you are currently chasing (job, client, relationship, recognition).
2. Ask: What traits would someone have if opportunities were coming to them instead?
3. List the skills, habits, or signals that would make you more attractive.
Work on those instead of chasing directly.

### Example-1: Job Opportunities

Chasing: Sending hundreds of applications.

Opportunity Magnet:
- Building visible projects.
- Sharing your knowledge publicly.
- Developing rare skills.
- Becoming known for solving a specific problem.

### Example-2: Job Opportunities

Chasing: Constantly promoting your product without improving it.

Opportunity Magnet:
- Making the product genuinely better.
- Improving user experience.
- Creating something people talk about organically.
- Becoming known for quality and reliability.
- When the product creates real value, users invite others for you.

### Example-3: Relationships

#### Example-1
Chasing: Trying hard to impress someone.

Opportunity Magnet:
- Improving your health and fitness.
- Becoming emotionally stable.
- Living an interesting, purpose-driven life.
- Being genuinely kind and confident.