What are your biggest challenges?

Whether we like to admit it or not there always seem to be challenges in life.  Sometimes we are successful in handling them and sometimes not.  It really depends on whether you see it as an obstacle to be overcome or an opportunity for growth.  An opportunity for growth has a very different feel to it compared to an obstacle to overcome.

Say you want to achieve a goal, like paying off debt or dropping some kilos.  Both are challenges I am working on myself yet I have noticed when I see it as an obstacle i can’t see the opportunities that come my way to change it.  In other words you keep doing the same old same old, bury your head in the sand, throw your hands in the air and say “there is nothing I can do about it”.  Guess what that means – nothing changes.  Most of the time you can’t see any opportunities because all you see are the obstacles.  Round and round you go.  Maybe you fee life will be torture if you do what you know you “should” do… groan – i.e. give up things you believe make life better (foods you love, holidays, new stuff).  You know its the right thing to do but….

Well as I am discovering when you can step back from the goal and look at it as if you were solving someone else’s problem, not your own you can then see the possibilities and opportunities.  It’s funny how you can be very good at giving other people advice and don’t follow it yourself (yep – pleading guilty).

So why don’t we follow our own advice?  Speaking for myself (and I suspect many many others), we just don’t want to make the commitment or take responsibility for the choices we make.   This might be like a whack up the side of the head to you but there is no other reason.  The obstacles we find are all excuses because there is plain and simple – no commitment to what you want to achieve.

Are you ready to commit to achieve that desired goal?  Commitment to me means doing everything it takes to get there.  As I am writing this I am asking myself “am I committed?’  If I keep finding excuses like ‘I will start tomorrow” then I know I am not committed.  It takes courage and persistence to stay on track.  Sure there will be times when you do something that is not in alignment with your goal.  The main thing is to recognise is – you are human, you will make mistakes and thats when you refocus and keep going.  When you stop before you get there is when you fail.  Be kind to yourself and acknowledge you had a setback, cut yourself some slack but keep going.  Persistence is the key.

What have you never given up on even when it has taken years to do something, is your goal still in your sights?  I would love to hear what you have done or are doing and invite you to leave comments.

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