{"id":431,"date":"2019-02-13T21:54:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2019-02-13T21:54:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:54:56","slug":"overcoming-obstacles-to-your-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/overcoming-obstacles-to-your-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Obstacles To Your Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fotolia_122909380_XS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-435 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fotolia_122909380_XS-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fotolia_122909380_XS-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fotolia_122909380_XS.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Thomas Edison said, \u201cMany of life\u2019s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.\u201d As we discussed in the previous article, there are so many reasons why people abandon their goals. What can we do to overcome some of these obstacles and start moving towards accomplishing our goals? Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Acknowledge Fear:<\/strong> There\u2019s an acronym for FEAR: <strong>F<\/strong>alse <strong>E<\/strong>vidence <strong>A<\/strong>ppearing <strong>R<\/strong>eal. We\u2019ve all experienced fear, but the key is to acknowledge where you fears lie and what fears are true and what aren\u2019t based in reality. Ask yourself, \u201cwhat\u2019s the worst that could happen?\u201d And then, \u201cwhat\u2019s the best that could happen?\u201d Almost always, the good outweighs the bad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quiet those Nagging Thoughts:<\/strong> You know the ones: \u201cI don\u2019t have time to work towards my goals.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m already maxed out!\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not good enough to achieve [insert goal here].\u201d Bring them to the surface and acknowledge them. They\u2019ve been there all along and they\u2019re holding you back. By becoming conscious of those nagging voices in your head, you can face each thought and develop a plan to move past them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just start:<\/strong> Maybe it\u2019s 5 minutes a day and you set a timer. Put aside the \u201csomeday I\u2019ll do it\u201d and \u201cwhen I\u2019m ready\u201d and just accomplish one task. However small it may seem, the act of doing SOMETHING can build confidence and start to put a goal-achieving plan into action.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many things that can stop us from making our goals a reality. But with the right tools and mindset in place, we can calm the voices in our head saying we can\u2019t do it and move towards meaningful change. <strong>Leah M. Joppy and Associates<\/strong> is ready to help! Call us at 301-670-0051 or email us at <a href=\"mailto:leah@lmja.com\">leah@lmja.com<\/a> and let\u2019s work together to make your goals a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Edison said, \u201cMany of life\u2019s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.\u201d As we discussed in the previous article, there are so many reasons why people abandon their goals. What can we do to overcome some of these obstacles and start moving towards accomplishing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}