Recently I had a chance to talk to my friends who have a 2-year daughter. They were very concerned about dining in public places at the time of COVID-19 and spoke about the stable items in their diaper bags for safe dining-out experiences with her. One of the things was disposable placemats for kids. Ah yes, I remember how we used to deal with that…
A long time ago, when our kids were small, we used to carry sheets of parchment paper. Whenever we needed to feed them in restaurants, we would spread the parchment paper so that the kids could hand-feed themselves with a clean surface. And it was easy for us to clean their mess afterward. Many parents had the same type of disposable placement ideas, but someone actually had capitalized on the ideas!
Many inspirational books tell us that opportunities are at there all the time. But we just don’t recognize them or ignore them because we don’t have time and energy to deal with them. But there are always those who take a second glance at such opportunities and act on them. The people who we considered to be trailblazers or innovators are not much different from us. But they are the ones who were able to notice the opportunities and take time and effort to materialize them.