Overcoming Barriers to Success. - Bomi Doctor.

What is Success? To me success is achieving what you set out to do. It does not mean that you achieve being a millionaire or the Chief Executive of a leading company and only then you become successful. No. It could be that you wanted a promotion, and you got it, it means that you wanted to become a musician and you became one. Whatever you wanted to achieve, and you did achieve it, which to me is success.

Sometimes in achieving your goals you do come across a lot of hurdles, hindrances, which stop you from achieving success. Here are some of them and how to overcome them.

1.?????Self-Doubt. One of the most common hurdles is Self-Doubt. You are unsure whether you will be able to do it or not. Whether you can do it. Get rid of this immediately by telling yourself: Of-course, I can achieve success. There is no better person than me to achieve success. I deserve it. I am prepared for it.

2.?????Lack of Skills or Talent. At times in order to achieve something you do need a specific set of skills which you may not possess. No problem. Ask yourself: Where do I get these skills sets? How do I get these skills? Make a list of the skills required and next to it write down from where you can get them. Now go ahead and achieve those skills. For example, when you want to grow into a leadership position, there are certain skill sets that you require. Write down which skills you require then go ahead and learn them, imbibe them, use them even before you become a leader so that when you actually become a leader, you are already looked upon as a leader.

3.?????Lack of Ideas. Very often we need to come up with a few ideas which can change the way we think, work and approach a problem. It happens to the best of us. All you need to do is, step back, relax for some time and then approach the problem again in a different way. Once you do get in the habit of doing this, ideas will flow continuously.

4.?????Money could be a big deterrent when starting a new project. In order to be successful, most projects require money. Do not be disheartened. There are many venture capitalists who are willing to invest in deserving projects. So do your homework well, make a good plan and sell it to a venture capitalist. If the first one does not, it may be that this project is not the one he wants to be associated with. Find another who is willing to help and share in your success. You may need to work up your presentation and communication skills for this.

5.?????No Support from friends and family could be very Morale draining. It just means that either you have not explained your ideas to them properly, in which case you need to work on your convincing power, or you do not exhibit that confidence in your own ideas and have not prepared enough to show that it can be a success. Work on it, again and again and again.

6.?????Laziness and Procrastination. These two could be the biggest deterrent in your achieving success. You need to recognize this and change yourself drastically. You need to get off your lazy-horse and learn to do things immediately without any delay. Now you need to be alert, on your toes, never delay what can be done today, now.

In short,

Successful people Think Differently.

Successful people are willing to Change.

Successful people Focus on the root of their problems.

Successful people are problem solvers. They do not let problems come in the way of their Success.

Successful people focus on their own mind-set. They learn how to change their mind-set into a positive one.

Successful people focus their energy on growth. On achieving Success.