Tips on how to identify opportunities and hidden potential in the new year in order to secure happiness and success

1. SEEING THE UNSEEN
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By Gillian Martin
Captivating Solutions Consultancy

2. It is right in front of your eyes, but do you see it?
You’ve done it, you have said it, but do you realize it?
Can you see it when it is so small, so unexpected?
Can you see it when it comes with flaws?
Can you see it…?
There are many great things that could come your way in 2018. Use your magnifying glass in order to
see them.
The year 2018 could come with tremendous potential and boundless opportunities. Maximize
potential and seize the opportunities. In order to hold these in the palm of your hands, three
(3) things are required: vision, flexibility and faith.
VISION
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines vision as: “an experience in which you see things that do not
exist physically…”. Some synonyms for vision include: “imagination”, “creativity”, “inspiration”,
“intuition”, “perceptiveness”, “insight” and “foresight”. All these constitute what is necessary to make it
in 2018. It requires seeing things not as they are but for what they are. It requires seeing things not as
they are but for what they can become. It requires looking beyond the obvious and imagining what
something could become. Then it involves taking imagination to action.
It may require creating something from what already existed. This might mean
taking something and re-shaping it into what you want it to become. It may also
require creating something from what never existed – taking things from
non-existent and unseen and bringing them prominently to the forefront!
Maybe it requires crawling out of the woodwork and taking up a prominent position to make a
difference in an area.

3. Vision involves insight. Insight is seeing on the inside. It is seeing in depth. It involves removing what is
on the exterior to discover potential on the interior. The Johari Window, created by Joseph Luft,
postulates that there are four windows through which a person and others view that person. One of the
windows in known as the Unknown. In the Unknown window, there are things about that person that
neither that person nor others know. The things about that person that are unknown include their
potential. In order to unearth potential, explore! Take on challenges! Coping and succeeding in 2018 will
no doubt demand a great deal of imagination and insight.
FLEXIBILITY
Why does something that is real remain unseen? Why does something that exists remain unseen? What
blocks your vision? Maybe where you are blocks your vision. Maybe what you are thinking or how you
are thinking blocks your vision. Maybe if you move, you will see things that you were not seeing before.
Maybe if you let go of some previously held notions, you will be able to see crystal clear. See crystal
clear in the New Year!
Get flexible and grasp what is yours!
Get flexible and accommodate the unexpected.
The New Year will send unexpected things.
When the unexpected appears, work with it!
Generate ideas for dealing with the unexpected eventualities.
Be determined to make it a fabulous 2018 come what may!
FAITH
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11: 1 (NIV)
Faith makes you see the unseen. In 2018, when opportunities knock on your door and potential peeps,
be sure to see the unseen. See it even if others don’t. Hear it when others don’t. Discern.
Similarly, the Amplified Bible version says: “Now faith is the assurance … of things hoped for … the
evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality …] …”. Faith includes a strong conviction. In
spite of what negatives you see in 2018, be MORE convinced about the positives on matters that God
has assured you about. Let nothing that you see, hear or experience, be strong enough to get you to
doubt. Let nothing that you see, hear or experience, be enough to shake your conviction. Be FULLY
convinced!
Above all else, exercise relentless faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Be fully convinced of His ability to offer
salvation and sustain you in this life and beyond!

4. May 2018 be the year that you abide by imagination, insight, flexibility and faith. May 2018 be the
year that you see the unseen.
All honour to the Lord Jesus Christ who enables us to see the unseen in 2018.
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Captivating Solutions Consultancy is the provider of over 200 training programmes to churches. Some
of the workshops and presentations offered are listed below:
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
 The Visionary Mindset: “From Vision to Sight”
 Facing the Future: “The Future of Your Dreams”
 Personal Leadership: “Design Your Life – Reach Your Destiny”
 Maximizing Your Potential: “The Best of You”
 Developing a Positive Mindset: “The Half-full Glass”
 Faith Building: “Leaps of Faith – Leap in Faith”
 Personal Problem Solving: “It’s a New Day!”
 Change Management (For Individuals): “Rough Changes – Smooth Sailing”
 Personal Growth: “Reaching for the Stars”
Special Series of Presentations – “The Many Faces of God”:
 God the Visionary: “Jewels in the Junk”
 God’s Promises: “The Anchor Holds”