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15/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

5 Obstacles To Resolve When Setting Goals

Setting new goals can be exiting.  They can also feel a bit intimidating if they are big enough.  Either way, if you want to successfully achieve your goals, you will have to make some changes.  And here is where the challenge of obstacles begins.

Achieving Goals Requires You To Make Some Changes

Making changes requires you to stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone, in order to make progress.  It requires you to replace old habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and acting with new ones.  As you move beyond your old patterns, your old comfortable ways  will be challenged, making you uncomfortable.  It’s essential to push through the discomfort so that you can undertake the new habits long enough to break the old habits.

5 Obstacles To Resolve When Setting Goals

Before you head off on your goals, make sure that you don’t have the following five obstacles to change in your way, otherwise [Read more…]

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13/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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08/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

3 Ways Fear Stops You Achieving Your Goals

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Fear can be defined as:  an unpleasant emotion concerning the outcome of something or the safety of someone, caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.  It can be based on the perceived threat of physical, mental, spiritual or emotional harm.

As you pursue your goals, you will have to stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone, in order to make progress.  This includes exploring, implementing and letting go of old habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.  As you move beyond your comfort zone, your old comfortable ways  will be challenged, making your uncomfortable and increasing the potential for the unpleasant feelings of fear to arise.  It’s essential to breakthrough your fears if you want to be successful.

There are a variety of ways in which fears prevent [Read more…]

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06/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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03/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Why People Resist Change

Change is an inevitable part of life and achieving goals – yet people often resist it.  Why?

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Resistance to change is an unwillingness to let go of current ways of thinking and acting. [Read more…]

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