OPPORTUNITY:  n., A favorable juncture of circumstances.  

By Virden J. Thornton

“There is no security on this earth. There is only opportunity.”

                               - General Douglas MacArthur -

“The reason a lot of people do not recognize an opportunity  

when they meet it is that it usually goes around wearing 

overalls and looking like hard work.”

                           - Christian Science Monitor -

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a

distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

             - Thomas Carlyle -

     To be totally successful, it's vital that you remember... 

"Nothing happens in business or in life of any real 

        importance, until someone sells something!"

                                                -V. Thornton -

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                     A Favorable Juncture Of Circumstances!

     For another favorable juncture of circumstances, check out this FREE travel business opportunity—Get Your Own Travel Website—Just send your email address and the word TRAVEL for more information. 

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                        Send your email address to: virden@TheSellingEdge.com 

VIRDEN THORNTON is the founder and President of The $elling Edge^®, Inc. a firm specializing in sales, customer relations, and management training and development. Clients have included Sears Optical, Eastman Kodak, IBM, Deloitte & Touché, Bank One, Jefferson Pilot, and Wal-Mart to name a few. Virden is the author of Prospecting: The Key To Sales Success and the best selling Building & Closing the Sale, Fifty-Minute series books and Close That Sale, a video/audio tape series published by Crisp Publications, Inc. Menlo Park, California. He has also authored a Self-Directed Learning series of sales, coaching & team development, telemarketing, and personal productivity training guides. To obtain a substantial discount on two of Virden's new manuals, 101 Sales Myths and Organizing For Sales Success, just click on either of the titles above.

Note: You can contact Virden at virden@TheSellingEdge.com. You can also see an expan- ded biography at http://www.TheSellingEdge.com/bio.htm.

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