The 3 Mistakes Made When Dealing with Obstacles (and how to avoid them)
“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
- Frank A. Clark
OBSTACLES are an inevitable part of the human experience. They come in many forms; manifesting as health issues, financial struggles, relationship difficulties and overall roadblocks on our path to achieving our goals and desires.
Interestingly, much of our progress in today’s world is derived from our quest to deal with obstacles and overcome them in the easiest and most efficient ways possible.
Look only as far as our modern-day technologies from the automobile and airplanes in travel to laptop computers and today’s smartphones...
The 3 Mistakes Made When Dealing with Obstacles (and how to avoid them)
“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
- Frank A. Clark
OBSTACLES are an inevitable part of the human experience. They come in many forms; manifesting as health issues, financial struggles, relationship difficulties and overall roadblocks on our path to achieving our goals and desires.
Interestingly, much of our progress in today’s world is derived from our quest to deal with obstacles and overcome them in the easiest and most efficient ways possible.
Look only as far as our modern-day technologies from the automobile and airplanes in travel to laptop computers and today’s smartphones...
We Do Not See Things As They Are, We See Them As We Are
“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
- Anaïs Nin
Our problems and challenges can seem very real.
However, as leaders, we’ve all heard the term “perception is reality”. The preconceptions and the beliefs we bring to situations can dramatically alter the way we perceive the world. This is particularly true in dealing with problems and challenges. It is not a new concept in leadership that brining positivity, inquisitiveness and proactiveness to a challenge, will most likely net positive results. In contrast, we are also aware that bringing negativity, pessimism and fear to the same situation, will most likely...