Our Week Dream Achiever: Nhu Diep author of Little Ting a Children’s Book Series

To illustrate our discussion on “You are Opportunity” I would like to point to a story I read today about a woman who saw and turned her circumstances into an opportunity. Nhu Diep is a mother who wanted all the best for her child, but when she looked about for a children book that reflected the multicultural background of her child, she found nothing among the Norwegian children literature. Instead of whining and complaining, she decided to turn need and lack into opportunity. She resolved to write a book for her child and thus the Little Ting Children’s book series was born.

'The book series Little Ting is about my daughter', says Nhu Diep. 'I wrote it for her because I could not find anything in the market suitable for her multicultural background.'

The first book in the series “Lille Ting Spiser ABC” is published and selling in the market now. We congratulate Nhu Diep for her vision and call her our this week’s Dream Achiever.

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You Are Opportunity!

What is opportunity? To many people, opportunity is an advertisement or offer for a job, course, vacancy, traineeship, or apprenticeship. It is an external phenomenon – originating from without or others. Rarely do people perceive opportunity as internal – within oneself. We would like to emphasise this latter meaning here.

We start by stating that opportunity is first internal. You Are Opportunity. You create opportunity as you turn your circumstances into success. The most important circumstances are usually the ones we consider as obstacles - your crises and defeats. In reality, you create your opportunity as you turn your crises and defeats to success. Nevertheless, how often do we complain about our circumstances especially about our unfortunate past, bad luck, or other social obstacles to realize that opportunities abound and exist around us?

In truth, opportunity first takes shape in your mind. Your attitude determines your opportunities. It is an expression of how you perceive yourself as well as how you perceive your environment. It is only by first overcoming your internal limitations that success can become a reality. Dream achievers are individuals with the courage and insight to say, “Yes, I can! There is a way – and I will find it! They are those rare individual who accept life with its challenges and who work to turn those challenges into successes.

Don’t wait for opportunity make it! Put forth the effort, and practically anything you desire is yours. As Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill observe, “lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of the poorly directed. Every life is full of opportunity.” They add that, “there are no open doors to the temple of success. Everyone who enters must forge his own way”. Remember, it is you who create your own opportunities - not circumstances, fate, luck, or chance. The environment is not an obstacle. It is your duty to mould it into opportunity.

Opportunity for Immigrants Resident in Troms Region

Er du innvandrer, har gode norskkunnskaper og godkjent høyere utdannelse?

Global Future Troms starter i mai og søker nå kandidater til programmet. Global Future er et karriereutviklingsprogram for innvandrere med høyere utdannelse for videre kvalifisering til relevante stillinger, lederposisjoner og styreverv i privat og offentlig sektor. Global Future skal øke tilgangen på høyt kvalifisert arbeidskraft og bidra til økt mangfold i arbeidslivet.

Hvem kan søke?

Du er i målgruppen for prosjektet hvis du er innvandrer, har gode norskkunnskaper og høyere utdanning som er godkjent i Norge. Primærmålgruppen er førstegenerasjons innvandrere. Deltakerne som søker opptak i NHO Troms Global Future-program, må være bosatt i Troms fylke.

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Our Story of the Week: You Create Your World!

The following story may be old, but its message is still ahead of its time.  

It was the custom of the old man to sit outside the wall of the ancient city where he lived, watching passersby come and go. He always sat in the shade, usually surrounded by children, retelling stories which they loved to hear. Through the course of the day, many travellers would stop to chat. One hot summer day a stranger stopped for a few minutes with the old man, who was entertaining his young friends. The stranger approached the old man and asked, “I am thinking of moving to your fair city. Tell me, sir, what kind of people live here?”
 
Quickly the old man replied, “What kind of people live in the city where you’re from?”
 
“The people in my town are unkind,” said the stranger. “They cheat and steal and lie; they speak badly of each other. I am leaving that town because of the undesirable people who live there.”
 

The old man gazed sadly at the stranger and said, “I’m sorry to inform you, but you will find the same type of people in this town.” And without a word the stranger turned and walked away as the old man continued his tale to the children.
 
A short time later, another stranger came down the road towards the gate. He, too, stopped to chat.
 
He said, “My good man, I need to move to a town such as yours. Tell me, sir, what type of people live here?”
 
The old man asked the same question, “What kind of people live in the town where you’re from?”
 
The stranger replied, “The people in my town are good. They are friendly, courteous, and are always looking for an opportunity to do a good deed for someone. I truly hated to leave that town because of the warmth and kindness of its people, but my work requires that I move.”
 
The old man clasped the hand of the traveller and said, “You’ll find the same type of people here. Welcome to our fine town.” The stranger walked away happily through the gate.
 
The children sat in silence. Finally, one of them approached the old man and asked, “Why, sir, didn’t you tell those men the truth? You told one that our people were bad and the other that they were good.”
 
The old man begged them to sit while he explained.
 

“I did tell the truth, “he said. “You see, no matter where you go or what you do, you will find in other people just what you are looking for. If you search for the good, you will find it; but if you look for the bad, that is what you will undoubtedly see. Almost everyone has far more good qualities than bad. Always look for the best in others.”
 
We hope that the story has some meaning and lesson to you and that you will use the awareness you get from it to improve your dream and yourself. Remember also that the color of the eyeglasses you are wearing determines the color of the external world you are seeing. Change the color of your eyeglasses and the color of the external world will change.