Take a Risk
Overcoming obstacles is easier if you simplify them and design a strategy to manage them. We often think road blocks are bigger than they are which can lead to the demise of our dreams. Identify what the obstacle is, learn to make specific requests for help and be creative. Once you have identified the obstacle, you can formulate a strategy to conquer the obstacle. Another way to overcome obstacles is to take a risk and step outside your comfort zone. Look at your obstacle with a clean eye and tackle it by doing something you have never done before or do it differently.
Clear the Clutter and Overcome Your Obstacles
Overcoming obstacles involves identifying what¡¯s in your way. Take an inventory and see if there is something that is keeping you from feeling free, abundant and successful. Unspoken words, unfinished projects and conversations, or skeletons in our closets can draw us away from what¡¯s important. Complete what¡¯s incomplete and if necessary quit something. One of the single most important steps to realizing a dream is to clear the clutter and make room for new dreams. Say no to something that no longer fulfills you or makes you happy.
Obstacles such as doubt and fear can keep you from trying to realize your dreams. These obstacles stand in your way whether you realize that they are there or not. That is why a self evaluation is so important.
Doubt and Reality
When you hear different voices--the douber and the realist--it becomes difficult to overcome obstacles. When the two voices merge, they can become muddled and result in confusion and poor decisions. You might poison your dream by projecting doubt into it. Then with each step you take toward what you want, you also move toward your doubt. Doubt and fear do not belong in your dream. These feelings are simply part of your reality.
Accepting the Realist
Modulate doubt down a notch and it becomes the voice of the realist. The realist wants to know the plan, including where the time and money will come from. However, in the early phase of dreaming, you may not know. Don't let the realist immediately turn into a doubter who might judge or obliterate your idea. Give the realist the information it needs. If you ignore or reject it, it will cleverly agitate or distract you. Being realistic offers prudence and makes you do your homework, but if you are overly realistic or go to strategy too soon, you will most likely compromise the dream and kill your passion. It is important to be realistic when you are setting your short term goals because this will help you to set attainable goals and avoid disappointment.
Dream vs. Reality
Overcoming obstacles may mean getting out of your own way. Don¡¯t let doubt and fear kill off the possibilities of your dream by being overly realistic. Dreams are meant to be lofty. It¡¯s acceptable to understand that your dreams won¡¯t be realized immediately but writing off a dream as unattainable too early can be very detrimental to the life of the dream.
The time to be realistic in the dreaming process is when you are working on strategy. But if you go there too soon, you may compromise your dream way too soon.
Hear your dreamer¡¯s voice. Let it communicate exactly what it wants, its wildest desires. Turn the volume up so you can also clearly hear its insights, wisdom and gifts. Swing outside of ¡°being realistic¡± and trust that your dreamer¡¯s voice knows what it needs.