Opportunities don’t always arrive the way we imagine they will.
Most of us grow up with a tidy picture of how progress is supposed to work: you aim, you plan, you climb. You do this so you can get that. And sometimes, sure, it plays out exactly that way.
But just as often? The better things slip in sideways.
They show up when you’re doing work that wasn’t part of the grand plan. When you’re helping. Learning. Filling in.