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3 Roadblocks to Success
POSTED ON AUGUST 31, 2009 BY MR.SELFDEVELOPMENT | CATEGORIES: SELF IMPROVEMENT

My sister-in-law was visiting my wife just a few weeks ago and she
mentioned to us a project that she was considering. She was planning
on starting a new club at Louisiana State University (LSU), which is the
college she is attending. She asked us for our opinion on her new
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project.
After listening to her ideas concerning the project, I told her that the
project sounded like an excellent idea, I also let her know that we would
support her in everyway possible! Lastly, I cautioned her of three
common roadblocks to success. I said, if you can overcome these three
roadblocks, you will be well on your way.
The following three roadblocks show up any time you decide to accomplish a
major task; you should expect these roadblocks and overcome them. These
roadblocks progress from considerations, to fears and finally obstacles. Each
roadblock in this progression becomes increasingly more challenging to
overcome, but if you can overcome them, you will succeed.
The Three Roadblocks to Success:
Roadblock #1: Considerations

The first and smallest roadblock in our progression is considerations. A

consideration is a subtle thought telling you that you shouldnt proceed
for a variety of reasons. Some examples of considerations are:

This project will take a lot of work

The task will require lots of money
No one has done this before
Considerations come to get you off track before you really begin.
Write down what your considerations are, theyre typically subconscious
thoughts that will cause you to self-sabotage the achievement of your
goal. They will cause you to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. You
must first recognize these thoughts and decide that you will not be
governed by them. Once you write down what your considerations are,
you can more easily see how to overcome these insidious roadblocks.
Roadblock #2: Fears
Fears are even more of a challenge to overcome than considerations.
Fears are negative deep-seeded emotions that can paralyze you from
moving forward. While a consideration comes as just a thought, fears
affect you on a deeper emotional, conscious, and sub-conscious level.
Some examples include:

Fear that the project will fail

Fear that no one will support you
Fear that you will be mocked
Fear will rob you and stop you from achieving your goal. Some people
define FEAR as False Evidence Appearing Real. Dont let something
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thats not real stop you from succeeding. You must feel the fear and
move forward anyway.
Roadblock #3: Obstacles

Obstacles are external situations that can hinder you from achieving
your goal. Obstacles are more than just thoughts or emotions.
Obstacles are real-life situations that need to be handled, if youre
going to succeed. Some examples include:

Not enough money for the project

Unmet regulatory requirements
No more positions available
Obstacles are situations that must be discovered and overcome. You
must grow bigger than your obstacles.
This is the most challenging roadblock, so lets discuss this one in a little more
detail:
Obstacles are necessary, and the process of growing bigger than your
obstacles prepare you for success. Think of overcoming obstacles like
getting a college degree. Each semester is an obstacle, when you pass
all eight semesters you get your diploma. The diploma doesnt define
you; its what you went through to get the diploma that makes you who
you are. As an example, if you give someone a college degree, it doesnt
make them any smarter than they were before. Its the studying and
late nights and group projects and dedication that give meaning to the
degree. This is what obstacles do for you, they are beneficial and they
are qualifiers. If you are willing to tackle the obstacles and overcome
them, then you qualify for success.
so there you have itif you want to succeed, you must first:
1. Write down your considerations, fears and obstacles; once you get
these skeletons out of their closet, youll discover theyre not that
intimidating
2. Finally you must tackle each of these skeletons one-by-one
I told my sister-in-law, if you can overcome these three roadblocks, you
will succeed!
Any thoughts?

About the author: this guest post was written by Mr. Self Development. Please
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5 years ago

Let's see . . . Step 1: write down your difficulties. Step 2: solve them. Brilliant! I have a sure fire method for becoming a millionaire, too. step 1: save $100000 this year.
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5 years ago

yeah,want to success should fearless

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6 years ago

I would add a fourth step: once you have written down your obstacles, write a "comeback" statement to those obstacles, and repeat them aloud to yourself regularly.
Also, like a sports athelete, picture success. Picture yourself having completed the goal successfully, and you will be much more likely to succeed.

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Ramesh Raghuvanshi

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6 years ago

All your articals are shallow and poppsychlogical, please change the pattern of your artical and write on some important subject, your subject all always boring, repeting
same subect again and agian.
Write some throught provaking subject some contraversal subject.
If there is no danger, no risk, no opposition there is no thrill in sucess, real sucess teste people can experiences when they go beyond danger,risk.

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Nacie Carson

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6 years ago

This post really made me stop and think. Awesome job, thanks so much for putting it out there!

Marte

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6 years ago

Love your article! Everyone experiences this when trying to do something new or when just trying ot overcome things that show up in their normal life. And you are so
righT...the obstacles simply serve to make us stronger! Thanks.

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Ramesh Raghuvanshi

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6 years ago

This artical is hoax,Really speaking there is roadblock in success. Be remember every man choose his vocation. by his unconscious desire. When man choose his
vocation he devoted all his enegry to achieve what he intention. To achieve his motive there may came danger,disappoinment, he never turn down from hisaim.He dont
care defeat or success ,he want to achieve his aim only.
He enjoy his vacation,this one his lifelong devotion.

Mr.SD

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6 years ago

Positively Present, Bruce, Karim and Helen, thanks for taking the time to comment. You know, I struggled with even writing this particular article, not knowing if it would
make an impact...so thanks for your feedback...

Helen

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6 years ago

Great article!
We'll always have fears and obstacles in our life but these will make us fighting more and more day by day.
And you are so right about obstacles being necessary. Great advices. Thanks so much!

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6 years ago

This article is great. It is true that there are many road blocks in our life. The challenge for us to overcome it and always keep a positive mind.

Good Work!

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Mr.SD

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6 years ago

Thanks for commenting.....

Josten

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6 years ago

Great article. The fear acronym is very true. I've never truly realized that until i just read this post. It honestly opened up my mind, senses to a great belief that overcoming
obstacles is not a hard thing to do.

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> Josten

6 years ago

Josten...thanks for commenting!...the reason the FEAR acronym is correct is because FEAR wrongly utilizes our imagination. Instead of us using our imagination
to pre-play our future successes, FEAR uses our imagination to pre-play 'false' failure....

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Karim

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6 years ago

A valuable post on 3 roadblocks to success.

Thanks,
Karim - Positive thinking

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6 years ago

You have offered some common sense advice. Thanks so much. To implement what your post suggests requires the willingness to self-reflect. Our unexamined thoughts
and feelings are what limit us. I agree totally, that when we bring them out into the light, they aren't nearly as intimidating as we thought they would be. Knowing our
inner world is quite exciting, as it makes unlimited creativity possible.

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> A Flourishing Life

6 years ago

You're right...once we take a look at our fears for what they are, we realize that they're not that intimidating (and that they can certainly be overcome)....thanks
for commenting....

Bruce

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6 years ago

Great article. Everyone has fears but are they really real? 95% of the time they are truly false evidence appearing real.

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6 years ago

Excellent post! Love the advice at the end. :)

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6 years ago

Clifton....very well said...thanks for commenting...

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6 years ago

Excellent article, and it really gave me a sort of "missing link" I've been needing. Basically, if you skip the Considerations step, and you don't address those thoughts that
may even be logical from the beginning, they will only feed into your Fears and then when you reach the Obstacles stage, they will tell you to give up. So with my
upcoming goals and projects, I'm going to start there, and evaluate those thoughts before the big stuff begins to arise. Thanks so much!

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6 years ago

Obstacles should drive us to become better and work harder. Without a challenge you cannot grow to become a better person.Imagine if we all succeed the first time
around? How can we learn from our mistakes? How can we develop into a better person if we all win each and every time? Failing is the pre-requisite for success! As you
begin to fail, realize that your on the right path.

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6 years ago

Tiffany, thanks for commenting, you're right....obstacles aren't a bad thing...obstacles prepare us for success, they qualify us and make us who we are....

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6 years ago

Great article! I love the part about obstacles being necessary to succeed....we should expect them and we should overcome them....

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