The Science of Opportunity: Being in the Right Place at the Right Time by Howard I. Melamed

1 Introduction 1
2 Isn't It a Small World? No, It Isn't 7
3 Opportunities Waiting to Happen 11
4 Fishing in the Right Pond 15
5 The Artist and the Painting: Creativity and Opportunity 19
6 The Explorer 23
7 The Beachcomber 29
8 The Gambler 33
9 Finding Love: The Science of Opportunity Makes It Easy 41
10 There Is No Such Thing as Luck 49
11 Chaos and Camouflage 55
12 The Rules of the Science of Opportunity 61
13 Doing the Right Thing with Your Opportunity 79
14 Beware of the Anti-opportunist 85
15 Thinking About "Me": Benefits to a Positive Outlook on Life 91
16 Opportunities of the Third Kind 97
17 The Relevance of Time 101
18 Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Science of Opportunity 107
19 Putting the Science of Opportunity to Work for You! 115
20 On the Right Track-Just Keep on Going 125