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Remove Obstacles to Performance
BETWEEN YOU and anything you want to accomplish in your business or personal life, there will always be obstacles to overcome and roadblocks that you will have to go over or around. Your ability to deal with the inevitable obstacles to success in life is a learnable skill. This ability can do more to help you achieve your goals than perhaps any other skill.
In goal-setting programs, I always ask the question, “Once you have determined your goal, what are all the obstacles that stand between you and your goal at this time?”
Another way to phrase this question is, “Why aren't you already at your goal? What is holding you back?”
People often mistake a goal for an activity. They say, “I have a goal ...
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