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10 Obstacles That Destroy Motivation

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Motivation-Destroying Obstacles

Each day we are faced with problems, issues, and obstacles – that is part of life.  We can allow them to stop us, or we can overcome them and continue making progress.   The 10 most common obstacles that destroy our motivation and get us off the trails of life.  They are:

  1. Worry
  2. Fear
  3. Crossing bridges that you have not come to
  4. Handling multiple problems at once
  5. Sleeping with your problems
  6. Borrowing other people’s problems
  7. Bringing yesterday into today
  8. Not listening
  9. Frustration
  10. Not counting your blessings when life’s trails are rough

When you learn how to deal with and overcome these 10 obstacles, you will be able to live the rich and satisfying life that is possible.  Does that mean you won’t face these obstacles again?  Of course not, in fact, they tend to crop up almost every day.  When you have a plan to combat them, then you can push them aside and continue towards your summit.

As the Apostle Paul told the Philippian church in Chapter 4:13-14, “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.” Create a great week this week.

Your Summer of Opportunity

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Summer Opportunity

I am very much an optimist in life, but I am also very much a realist. With each passing year, I understand more fully that with the greatness of each day there are also many obstacles. What you focus on will determine what you achieve. Success in life is not an easy matter. Progress in any form and happiness or joy in any form require constant effort.
Obstacles exist that might discourage you if you are weak or feel underserving. In some seasons of life, it feels like when you overcome one obstacle, another one fills the void. What you have to understand to enjoy life fully is that life is designed to be a story of achievement in spite of adversity, not in the absence of adversity. Without adversity, the achievement could not exist.

Do not doubt yourself, for where doubt resides confidence cannot. Do not neglect yourself, for with neglect comes loss. Do not imagine yourself to be less than you are nor more than you are, but seek always to become all of which you are capable. Do not allow yourself to become arrogant or discourteous, for both are characteristics adopted by those who seek to cover their weaknesses. Do not waste time regretting the past, but invest that time wisely by preparing a better future.

Comparing your life to the growth of crops during the summer, realize that you are a fertile seed of the creator of all things. You are destined not to lie dormant but to spring forth from the soil called life and grow upward toward the unlimited horizons, to overcoming all obstacles in the process.

It is your destiny to tap into your talents and to achieve all that of which you believe yourself to be worthy…to love more, anticipate more, overcome more, plan more, attract more, and to enjoy more than you ever dreamed possible. Such is the standard of life awaiting your mental decision and outstretched hand. “You are deserving of more, you are becoming more, and you shall succeed.”

Just like from a single seed will grow hundreds of like seeds, so it is when you plant yourself in the fields of life. Your potential is virtually unlimited.

Grow where you are planted, regardless of the adversities of life, and produce an abundant crop of good influence in your fields of life. It is your summer of opportunity!