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Jason McElwain was…<\/p>\n

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My second weekend motivational post is another video that will inspire you.<\/p>\n

Some would say Jason was “lucky.” I’d say he was prepared when opportunity came. “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets preparation.” Check it out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[388,1063,387,1064],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motivation-self-improvement","tag-inspiration","tag-jason-mcelwain","tag-motivation","tag-preparation","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"\nWill you be ready when opportunity knocks on your door? - Hear and Play Music Learning Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/will-you-be-ready-when-opportunity-knocks-on-your-door\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will you be ready when opportunity knocks on your door? - Hear and Play Music Learning Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My second weekend motivational post is another video that will inspire you. 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