5 Challenges that Could Kill Your Chances of Making Your Dreams Come True

5 Challenges that Could Kill Your Chances of Making Your Dreams Come True
Don't let challenges and/or obstacles stand between where
you are now and your dream. Here's the thing -- you'll
never be without challenges - they're a fact of life.
Therefore, get to know the different type of challenges and
what you can do about them. The following list will help.

There are two types of challenges; external challenges and
internal challenges. This week we'll discuss external
challenges.

External challenges are the outside things that appear to
block our progress. Also, external challenges take some
type of form. They include:

1. Unexpected blips. These include things like your printer
breaking right when you need to print out an important
document for a client. Or, you need to return an important
call and discover your cell phone battery is dead.

Unexpected blips are the things that drive us crazy for the
moment but we eventually and quickly move past them. Stuff
happens. The best way to prevent unexpected blips is to
take a proactive approach to life. Be sure the machines and
electronics in your life are in good working order.
Anticipate possible breakdowns before they happen. Do your
best and for the things you can't predict just know "this
to shall pass".

2. People standing in your way. A little more serious than
unexpected blips, people standing in your way are the
people in your life you have to "sell" your next move to.
These could include your parents, partner and even kids and
friends.

You know there's a person standing in your way when you
think to yourself, "What will my mother think!" Now, your
mother can't literally stop you from moving forward but in
your MIND she can. The best and fastest way to get around
the people standing in your way is to be upfront and honest
about your plans. No sugar coating. Own your decisions and
the people in your life will come around in their own time.

Whatever you do, don't let the fear of what someone else
might say or think stop you from living the life you most
want. You'll wind up resenting them and feeling like a
victim.

3. Major life changes. Major life changes are the events we
have absolutely no control over. A loved one dying. A
terrible accident or act of Mother Nature. When the big
stuff in life happens you can't prevent it but you can
manage how you react to it. At first this may seem
impossible but the truth is the only thing you can ever
control is your response to what has happened to you.

Major life changes may slow or stop our progress for a
short or long time. Eventually it will be time to get back
on track. Until then, be patient and do what you need to do
to get through the tough times. In time, you'll be able to
focus on moving forward again.

Next week we'll discuss the internal challenges that keep
us from getting what we want. You don't want to miss this
one! Unlike external challenges, internal challenges are
with us 24/7 and if you don't understand them can STOP you
faster than dead cell phone batteries, mom, and natural
disasters - combined!

5 Challenges that Could Kill Your Chances of Making Your
Dreams Come True - Part 2

Last week we started talking about the different types of
external challenges we experience and how they hold us
back. This week we're going to keep talking about the
challenges and obstacles that slow our progress and delve
into the world of our internal challenges.

Unlike external challenges, internal challenges are with us
24/7 and if you don't understand them can STOP you faster
than dead cell phone batteries, mom, and natural disasters
- combined!

Internal challenges are our thoughts, beliefs and emotions
that block our progress. They include:

4. The LENS through which you view the world. Are you
someone who sees the glass half full or half empty? Do you
tend to see possibilities first, or obstacles?

We're all naturally wired to see life through a particular
lens that's made up of our personality, upbringing and past
experiences. For example, if you grew up in a family with
self-employed parents it's not too far of stretch to
imagine yourself self-employed. On the other hand, if you
grew up with parents that worked for someone else, it might
be hard to imagine yourself doing anything different.

How you view the world is how you view your possibilities.
Sometimes the lens you look through is empowering and other
times it may limit your possibilities.

To know whether or not the lens you're looking through is
serving your highest good ask yourself, "Is this what I
really want?"

5. FEAR. What are you afraid of? We're all afraid of
something. Failure. Loneliness. Not being liked or accepted
for who we really are. Loss. Betrayal. Illness. This list
goes on...

I doubt there is anyone that is free of fear. Some just
learn how to put it on the back burner and move forward in
spite of their fear. For others, fear stops them dead in
their tracks where they remain stuck.

Fear manifests itself in many ways; lack of
self-confidence, procrastination, lack of focus,
loneliness, overwhelm, feeling needy. Fear can also show up
as anger, sadness, jealousy, etc.

Fear is necessary in our life because it will keep us safe.
But sometimes fear will keep us too safe, not allowing us
to do the very things we need to do to create the life we
most want.

Often times fear is the shadow side of our gifts. For
example, if one of your core passions is leadership, before
you can live your life as a leader you may need to overcome
self-esteem issues.

Just on the flip side of your gifts - the gifts that will
help you make your dreams come true - live your challenges.

The first thing you can do not to let your internal
challenges get the best of you is to become aware of what
they are. The Passion Portal Assessment Tool will help you
do that by putting into words your top five core passions
and the gifts and challenges associated with each core
passion.

Self-knowledge is empowering. Becoming aware of and putting
into words your challenges will empower you to make good
choices for your life in spite of your external and
internal challenges.

In the long run your challenges, once you overcome them,
will give you strength. You'll gain courage and confidence
every time you do something you are afraid to do. With
every challenge you overcome you will strengthen your sense
of self. You'll begin identifying yourself as someone who
acts in spite of the challenges and obstacles in their way.
You will live a life you'll be proud of.

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