Obstacles Are Just Challenges

I listen to a daily morning motivational podcast lasting about 10 minutes. It gets me going and out the door and reminds me of the simple things we can do daily to be happy and productive.  The central theme is that you need to get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and if something doesn’t work, repeat the steps.  It seems simple, but sometimes we need a reminder!  This morning’s 10 minutes were about obstacles are just challenges. 

I was reminded of that today during a meeting when a group of us were trying to put together a week-long training schedule that would bring in around 150 of our supervisors to train on various topics.  The training would be provided by several presenters, including an external contractor, and would be for a whole week.  There were differences in what time to start, who needed to be where and when, whether we had a location, etc.  This discussion lasted over an hour, but today was not our first meeting of going over the schedule. 

While listening to the team’s remarks, this morning’s podcast came to mind, and I wrote at the top of my training schedule, “Obstacles are Just Challenges.”   If we think about our everyday problems this way, we will soon discover that it’s not a problem, just an opportunity to figure out a different way to get to where we want to go. 

We will get the training schedule squared away because working thru obstacles is what we get paid to do.  But in your personal life, you’re also paying yourself thru a more contented, balanced, blessed, and peaceful life.

I like this podcast and will share it with you if you need a little morning motivation.  The podcast is free if you have Spotify.