Overcoming Challenges part 3 outside influences

Challenges often come from forces outside of ourselves.   Things like, those closest to us not supporting what we are doing, other peoples choices or actions, health issues, weather etc.  How do we deal with that?

When we set goals like getting a degree where all we have to do is finish certain tasks and we will achieve our goal, its easy.  When we set a goal where other people who we can't control are involved it gets more difficult.  That is where your level of commitment comes in to play.  If you are a team leader on a project you can monitor your team, prepare for any contingency, do everything you were tasked with doing and in spite of your best effort have one team member not do their part even when they kept assuring you they were on it. When you are in sales you can talk to a lot of people, believe in your products, share your passion, but at the end of the day have dismal sales.  You can work for months to get a promotion or position and then have someone else get that desired spot.   At that point you may ask yourself, what now?

First of all must come the realization that you can only control your own actions and choices.  How you react to what other people do can be the difference between your ultimate success or failure.  If you give up on your goal because of other people's choices then you will fail.  If you take an attitude that you have had a set back and recommit to your goals then you can ultimately succeed.  Once you recommit to that goal take a hard look at what has happened.  Ask yourself what do I need to do different?  Was there anything else I could have done? What can I learn from this?  Do I need to go another direction to achieve my goal?  Once you have the answers to your questions you apply then to the action plan you have for your goal.

Outside forces will always be there.  You will have set backs.  If you don't then maybe you are not reaching high enough and you are setting goals that are not helping you to grow.  How you deal with your challenges and set backs is paramount to your success.  Above all else do not give up.  Only those who stick with it will ever achieve their dreams.