Why Obstacles Are Actually A Good Thing
The most important step in achieving your big goals is identifying everything that’s standing in your way.
Most people don’t seek out obstacles and it can be tough to get past them and daunting sometimes to even think about them.
For many people, though, obstacles are actually a necessity. When I’m working with clients they usually come up whenever we set big goals and are creating a big vision for the future. The key is not to avoid them, but to use them as an official and integral part of the solution.
What kinds of stories would we have to tell about our lives and careers if we didn’t have obstacles to overcome and experiences to transform?
Like any good business, we have superb systems and processes to help our clients. We use a thinking tool that allows our clients to transform obstacles and opposition into a strategic plan for reaching their goals. The thinking process behind it looks like this:
Step 1: Create a vision: Every important action always starts with a vision of somewhere you want to be in the future. Dream it, craft it, and write it down.
Step 2: Identify the obstacles: Allow yourself to think negatively and pinpoint all the opposition. Highlight everything that lies in between you and achieving your vision.
Step 3: Find transformative solutions: Face those obstacles one at a time and head-on to find creative solutions and strategies to overcome them. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Others might be able to see a solution you can’t.
Step 4: Take action. Now, you’re fully prepared to move forward, get the resources you need to take the next step, and start making progress toward your goals.
After you’ve completed the process, you’ll start all over again. This is a constant activity you can do throughout your life to continually grow.
Having a big vision is the key to your personal and business success—but you can’t neglect the obstacles. Your vision will help you shed light on them, letting you see what you need to do to get to where you want to be.
A lot of people have trouble dealing with their obstacles. A good planner can prevent you from thinking of them as general opposition and help break the obstacles down into specific components.
If all of our goals were easy and totally straightforward to achieve, we wouldn’t have the opportunity to grow and improve.
Working with a high quality financial planner who understands that obstacles shouldn’t be avoided, and that they’re there to help us get better and to raise our levels of capability and confidence, could be the key to you achieving your biggest goals and wildest dreams!
Raj Shah is founder of Blue Wealth capital and has been shortlisted for Financial Planner of the Year and Investment Adviser of the Year.
