See to Be.

I have found that in my experience the majority of people neither recognize nor act upon opportunities which are presented to them. They spend the majority of their lives hoping for opportunities to come to them. They do not seek them out and when they do come they do not notice them. In regards to your post I think that it is key to understand that when one capitalizes on a "dead end" or "fruitless" opportunity really what they are doing is learning how to SEE and how to KNOW. They are gaining the habit of action. By so doing they are preparing themselves to be ready for the times when amazing opportunities do present themselves. Without the habit of looking for and finding opportunities one will continually be asking the ever-limiting question of "Why" instead of the liberating and life-changing question of "Why not".