Overcoming Obstacles

Every great leader faced challenges. History abounds with stories of success being created out of adversity. How determined are you to reach your goals? What are you willing to do in order to reach that level of success?

“Toscanini was so nearsighted that he could not see the score when conducting; Lord Byron had a club foot; Homer and Milton were blind; Sir Walter Scott was an invalid; Beethoven was deaf; Dostoyevsky and de Maupassant were epileptic; Franklin D. Roosevelt did not have free use of his legs,” as recorded in “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity” by Catherine Ponder. Abraham Lincoln failed many many times before becoming a great President of the United States and leading the nation to free the slaves. Napoleon Hill suffered threats, death of supporters and financial hardships on the way to writing one of the greatest books on prosperity ever written – “Think and Grow Rich.”
Helen Keller overcame deafness, dumbness, and blindness to make a very significant contribution to society.

Reflect honestly and objectively on the situations in your life. Knowing the power of the mind, victory becomes an absolute certainty for those who persist without exception. Bringing these examples closer to home, I was 62 when I started this industry. To say I had zero marketing experience would be an understatement. Have you ever placed an ad in the newspaper for a garage sale? We were on about the same level. Thanks to the training and step by step instructions, age nor experience presented a handicap. Limitations only exist in your mind. When you consciously decide that anything is possible, then it becomes not only possible but highly probable. If one can achieve a certain goal then others can do it also.

Thanks to this opportunity, I progressed from being in credit card debt to now owning 2 lovely homes – one at the base of a world class ski mountain and another on the 13th tee of an internationally known golf course within less than 3 years.

Jeff purchased a franchise. It failed leaving him over 253,000 dollars in debt. When everything looked bleak financially, he found a network marketing opportunity. He rolled up his sleeves and commenced working on the specific plan we laid out for him. Less than a year later he is out of debt and financially comfortable.

Gregg was living in his mother’s basement in England and he now owns a lovely condominium in the Cayman Islands. The success stories go on and on. Not only famous people have overcome obstacles but real people just like you have turned their lives from dire circumstances to success.

Everything starts with your mindset. If you believe that something presents a stumbling block for you, it will. If you believe you will triumph over whatever crosses your path, you will. The familiar quote is “Regardless of whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.” It all starts in your beliefs.

Set your mind on achievement and prosperity and it will be so. Fill your mind with excuses or obstacles and you have defeated yourself. History abounds with examples of people who chose to overcome obstacles. The operative word is CHOSE. Success is a choice. Success is a decision. When success becomes more important than situations or perception of obstacles, success becomes a reality.