Opportunist as default mode

“What opportunity can I leverage on today that will have the most impact for the least amount of work?”

I’ve taken to repeating this every morning now. It’s my opportunistic trickster mantra to pivot my identity into being better able to sense and spot business, marketing opportunities.

And I’ve seen it work.

Last month I doubled my earnings on my Carrd plugins sales because I was doing the whole opportunistic trickster thing.

But this month I’m starting to get into a comfortable routine at work again.

Reply tweets
Craft the day’s tweets
Write on Lifelog
Code a bit for Sheet2bio
Or discuss about cohort course

I’m unknowingly going back into non-thinking mode…again.

I got to fight the urge to be comfortable in routine in order to switch on the opportunist part of the brain.

It’s almost like these are two polar opposites:

Routine in lifestyle – good for creativity
Routine in work – not good for creativity

It’s like sitting down to work versus standing up:

I sit down and everything stops flowing.
I stand, fidget and move about, and things flow.

The way I move about online when seeking opportunity is very different from when I’m creating or consuming, just like sitting versus standing.

When I seek opportunity, I take more detours, check out profiles I never do, post in forums I usually don’t, do things based on inspiration.

Basically, taking smart chances on things.

When I’m creating, I do my usual workflows. Efficient and effective. Consuming is even more passive and un-random.

So how does one make being an opportunist a default mode of being?

I really want to know the answer, beyond just “more practice”.