Mastering the Art of Success
everyone would stare. I think this holds true for many adults, too. This
is a roadblock to new opportuniti es.
If we perceive ourselves as being too shy, t oo introverted, or too old
to learn, we will continue to be stuck in the same position f or a long
time. This is an area where I work together with clients to help them
break through the old misconceptions about themselves and gain a
renewed confidence in their ability to communicate, to learn new ways
of networ king, and to meet n ew business contacts through social media
tools.
The next roadblock is being a perfectionist. We end up not moving
fo rward, not trying something new, or not making a needed change in
our lives because we convince ourselves that it must be perfect from
start to finish, otherwise we’re simply not going to do it at all. And so it
goes. We don’t even get started. Being a perfectionist c an hinder our
ability to take full advantage of opportunities that are presented to us.
The third roadblock is procrastination. In my STO Organizing
workshops I usually ask the question, “How many here in the room are
procrastinators?” and every hand in the room goes up. I explain that
it’s part of human nature to procrastinate; we don’t feel like doing
something because it’s not easy or it’s boring or it’s too difficult or a
myriad of many other reasons. Sometime we procrastinate out of fear; it
could be a fear of failing or a fear of the unknown or even a fear of
success and we wonder if we can even handle it. Procrastination
prevents us from moving forward; the key is to recognize the signs of
procrastination and to learn different strategies to help us move ahead.WRIGHT
I have been in many seminars and trainings down thro ugh the years,
and p eople are very good at defining roadblocks. In my opinion we can
li st them up on the flip chart. The problem is how do you get past
them? How do you suggest we get p ast the roadblock s?ABREU
The first step to overcoming roadblocks in our journey to success is
to change our perception. Focus on one area of improvement and look
at the situation objectively from a completely different 180-degree
perspective. We c an begin to ask ourselves questions from another