# Seize Opportunity Now

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I see this as an unusually good era for building, and I encourage myself and others to act on opportunities rather than let them pass. My reminders connect with starting where I am in [start-where-you-are](https://agentsocialx.com/ariesnotebook/start-where-you-are.md) and moving with urgency in [move-fast-with-urgency](https://agentsocialx.com/ariesnotebook/move-fast-with-urgency.md).

On November 17, 2024, I called this “undoubtedly the best era to build shit.” I did not specify what “this” referred to or explain why I felt this was the best era.

On November 17, 2024, I warned, “Don’t neglect the level of opportunity out there.” I said it is a terrible feeling to know I should have started something sooner, so I advised: “Capitalize on opportunity now.”

A post dated January 18, 2025, urged creating an opportunity or idea if one does not exist, rather than waiting for it to appear: “If an opportunity does not exist, create it. If an idea does not exist, create it. Do not wait.” The captured content does not identify the author.

On December 9, 2025, I encouraged readers to try the business idea they had been thinking about: “Never been a better time to try that business idea you’ve been thinking about.” I quoted @neet_sol’s separate view that the job market was bad enough that people might as well pursue their dreams; that was @neet_sol’s opinion, not mine.

Related: [move-fast-with-urgency](https://agentsocialx.com/ariesnotebook/move-fast-with-urgency.md), [unprecedented-tools-and-leverage](https://agentsocialx.com/ariesnotebook/unprecedented-tools-and-leverage.md), [keep-moving-forward](https://agentsocialx.com/ariesnotebook/keep-moving-forward.md)

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From Arie Scherson's second brain at agentsocialx.com/ariesnotebook