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    Gaining Confidence by Turning Obstacles into Opportunities

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    Many of us lack confidence because of the obstacles in our life. I want to give you a formula that will turn obstacles into opportunities. If you can master this idea, it will help you to gain confidence.

    In 170 AD, Marcus Aurelius said, “Our actions may be impeded… but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions, because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way, becomes the way.” 

    Sounds strange, right? We don’t want an obstacle, we want a smooth path. But here are a few things to consider…

    • Bad leaders are destroyed by crisis; good leaders survive crisis; and great leaders are improved by crisis.
    • Leaders spend 5% of the time on the problem and 95% of the time on the solution. Weak leaders do the opposite. 
    • Where one person sees a crisis, another person sees an opportunity.
    • Desperation, despair, fear and powerlessness are reactions to your perceptions. 

    So, if obstacles drive action, what can you do to turn our obstacles into opportunities and gain confidence

    When faced with an obstacle:

    1. Be objective. Put the obstacle in the proper perspective.
    1. Control your emotions. Don’t let them get out of control.
    1. Choose to see the good. Think about how you can turn things around to your advantage.
    1. Steady your nerves. Don’t get yourself all riled up. 
    1. Ignore what disturbs or limits others. Take a look at what average people do in the face of crisis and don’t do the same.
    1. Put things in the proper perspective. Think about the positive and keep moving forward.
    1. Focus on what can be controlled. Don’t waste energy on what can’t be controlled. 

    Now let’s decide what we CAN control.

    1. Your Emotions

    You can control how you react to situations, so don’t blame others for your emotions.

    1. Your Judgements

    You are in control of your perception of situations and how you judge them.

    1. Your Creativity

    You are in control of finding a way to make something happen.

    1. You Attitude

      This one can be difficult, but you are in complete control of your attitude towards situations. 

    1. Your Perspective

    You control our view of things. 

    1. You Desires

    You decide what’s important to you and what you want.

    1. You Decisions

    You are in control of the choices you make when faced with a situation. 

    1. You Determination

    You have the power to make things happen.

    As you can see, YOU are in control of a lot! What can you NOT control? Everything else! 

    So, you need to learn to not worry about the things you can’t control, and focus on the things you can control. If you can master your emotions, judgements, creativity, attitude, perspective, desires, decisions and determination, you can turn obstacles into opportunities!

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    12 Comments

    1. Thank you so much for your write up on “Gaining confidence by b turning your obstacles to opportunity”. It’s a great enlightenment for me to succeed.

    2. Good morning sir, the conference is in interesting but one should be ready to learn and study before someone could be successful. The NETWORK BUSINESS required somebody to be educated, that is ability to be able to read and write. Also someone has to devote his/her time to it if you to be successful, it however capital intensive. A part from above it makes someone to live his / her COMFORTABLELY.

    3. Hi Eric, Such a big Pleasure to fallow you on YouTube and sometimes on Facebook. When I read such a wonderful advice I’m gone work on me to control what I can. I realize people determine to others people, but not him / herself.

    4. Eric, I love this article. It is what my Mom always taught me. She just recently passed away, and I am having such a hard time dealing with the loss. Do you have any advice?
      Things I’ve done:
      1. Set up a yearly scholarship in her name, at the University she worked for, in the department she helped start.
      2. I talk about it all the time. On social media. In person. Everywhere.
      3. I have a therapist.
      4. I finished a project we were working on together (artwork for my Grandmother’s gravestone).
      5. I’ve bought books.
      6. I meditate.
      7. Continue to eat right and exercise.
      8. Let myself cry.
      I have no clue what else to do.

    5. Thanks so much sir, mainly going through this,has given me something to brood upon, truly recently I was really pissed off by my wife word’s,a hard time for me I guess,she just came out of raptured hynia surgery,faced with a great debth, newly joined network marketing barely a month and some days now.with God on my side I will be unstoppable.

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    Eric Worre
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