Treat Obstacles For What They Are

There is a vast difference between hope and wishing. In business, 'hope is not a strategy' is used frequently to downgrade one's optimism. They may not be pleasant at the time and definitely not wanted, but they appear anyway.

We have many choices when faced with challenges, whether to quit, struggle, blame someone, or find a way to solve the issue.

I know that in years past, I didn't think much of obstacles or challenges and behaved accordingly.

We tend to either magnify obstacles or try to ignore them, depending on how we perceive them. For me, I have learned and continue to learn how to welcome challenges and treat them as opportunities for growth.

I have learned to objectively examine a problem and then search for ways to solve it.

Discipline, willpower, and persistence are helpful but not as strong as perseverance.

Enduring the short-term pain or disruption in our comfort zone to treat obstacles and challenges for what they are, lessons. As the saying goes: "Pay the price once and only cry once!"

Yes, there will be temptations and poor habit resistance to 'woe is me', just as with any muscle or improvement; one step at a time, compounded, can change anything and everything.

Remember, how you do anything is how you do everything!