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17/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Overcoming Obstacles Is Part Of Achieving Goals

Everybody has obstacles to over come in their life. Some make excuses while some do whatever it takes to get past them.

If you have important goals to achieve, it is important that you learn to let go of excuses and resolve the obstacles. Otherwise you get frustrated and won’t get very far.

Watch this great short video adopted from Steven Claunch’s “Overcoming Obstacles” talk.

Watch the video to hear his inspirational words on this topic. He’s an inspiring young man with a great message.

Remember, if you want to empower yourself to transform your results and achieve more goal success, then you need to get better at overcoming obstacles.

Please share your insights and comments on this topic below.

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…]

13/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Quote: A Mind Focused On Doubt …

“A mind focused on doubt and fear
cannot focus on the journey to victory.”
– Mike Jones

10/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Fight or Flight Can Hinder Goal Achievement

Fear is a normal and adaptive response to perceived threat that has evolved over millions of years. This response is often referred to as “Fight or Flight” – ie when faced with a threat you will either confront the situation or run away.

Here’s a great short video which explains Fight or Flight.

Fight or Flight response to fear is an important tool in our survival kit. However if the fear, real or imagined is not addressed, it will hinder your ability to make progress on your goals. Breaking through the walls of your fears is essential if you want to transform and achieve more success with your goals

What insight did you gain from watching this video? Please share your comments below.

08/07/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

3 Ways Fear Stops You Achieving Your Goals

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…]

Achieving Goals Requires You To Make Some Changes

5 Obstacles To Resolve When Setting Goals

“A mind focused on doubt and fear cannot focus on the journey to victory.” – Mike Jones

“A mind focused on doubt and fear
cannot focus on the journey to victory.”
– Mike Jones