3-Minute Daily Opportunity Practice

Time needed: 3 minutes (60 seconds each)

Setting: Any time during your day

Purpose: Recognizing and embracing opportunities already present

Opportunity Spotting (60 seconds)

What: Look for possibilities in ordinary moments:

- Notice one conversation you could engage more deeply

- Spot a chance to learn something new from current situation

- Identify an opening to be helpful to someone

- Find a moment where you could try something slightly different

- See potential for growth in current challenge

Notice: How many opportunities exist that you normally miss, what becomes visible when actively looking, energy that comes from possibility awareness

Why: Opportunities are abundant but require attention to recognize, builds optimism and agency

Choice Point Recognition (60 seconds)

What: Identify moments of agency in your day:

- Notice when you have a choice about your response

- Recognize opportunities to shift your perspective

- Spot chances to practice skills you want to develop

- See openings to express your values

- Find moments where small actions could make a difference

Notice: How much choice you actually have, where you feel most and least empowered, what choices align with your values

Why: Recognizing choice points builds sense of agency, creates possibility for intentional growth

Opportunity Action (60 seconds)

What: Take one small step toward possibility:

- Choose one opportunity you've noticed and act on it

- Start a conversation, ask a question, offer help

- Try something new in a small way

- Express appreciation or curiosity

- Take one step toward a goal

Notice: How acting on opportunity feels, energy created by moving toward possibility, momentum that builds from small actions

Why: Acting on opportunities builds confidence, creates positive momentum, transforms possibility into reality

Closing: "My day is full of possibilities"

Notice: How opportunity awareness changes your relationship with ordinary moments

Why: Recognizing and acting on daily opportunities builds sense of purpose and growth

Tips:

- Start with small, low-risk opportunities

- Look for opportunities to express your strengths

- Notice opportunities for connection and kindness

- Let curiosity guide opportunity recognition

- Celebrate small acts of opportunity-taking