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O B S T A C L E S What are they? Where are they? Where do they come from? How do we manage them? Created by Michael D. Kerwick

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Page 1: Overcoming Obstacles

O B S T A C L E S

What are they?

Where are they?

Where do they come from?

How do we manage them?

Created by Michael D. Kerwick

Page 2: Overcoming Obstacles

An Obstacle is…

• Webster defines as…

“something that

stands in the way or

obstructs progress”.

• Obstruction

• Hindrance

• Impediment

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Page 3: Overcoming Obstacles

Discussion Session #1

• Review definition of Obstacles

• Discuss “personal” definitions

• Discuss road block graphic …

– What does Wall represent?

– What emotions are characters conjuring?

– Are there any routes around the wall?

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Page 4: Overcoming Obstacles

Daily Obstacles Grid Exercise

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Page 5: Overcoming Obstacles

Daily Obstacles Grid Sample

Society Employee

Issues

Family

Issues

Economy

Growth: Company/Personal

Supervisors/

Management

Politics Personal

Issues

Loved Ones

Friends

Co-workers

Faith

Goals: Company/Personal

Finances

Motivation

Fulfillment

Satisfaction

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Page 6: Overcoming Obstacles

Discussion Session #2

• Compile “grid” of Daily obstacles

• Identify/review common road blocks

• Review/discuss methods of overcoming:

– Stumbling blocks vs. Stepping Stones!

– Concede or Conquer?

• “Are you a victim of, or victor over your obstacles?”

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Page 7: Overcoming Obstacles

Obstacle Management

• How we manage

obstacles on a daily

basis…

• …determines whether

we “move” or stand

still!

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Obstacle Management

• Sometimes we can feel

as though we are on a

“sinking ship” with no

hope for salvation.

• What happens when

we feel this way?

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Obstacle Management

• How we feel about

ourselves will

reflect in how we

see ourselves.

• How we see

ourselves is how

others will see us!

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Obstacle Management

• If “Perception

is reality”,

then…

• How do we

change our

Reality?

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Page 11: Overcoming Obstacles

Applying The 5 P’s* to Managing

Obstacles

• Purpose

• Pride

• Patience

• Persistence

• Perspective

• * Adapted from: The Power of Ethical Management by Kenneth Blanchard and Norman

Vincent Peale.

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Purpose

• The reasons for which

we exist…an intended

or desired result…

• Aim

• Goal

• Determination

• Design

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Pride

• …the state or feeling

of being proud

• Self-esteem

• Self-respect

• Ego

• Vanity

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Patience

• The bearing of annoyance, misfortune, pain without complaint, loss of temper or the like…

• Composure

• Stability

• Endurance

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Persistence

• The act of continuing

firmly in some

state…or purpose or

course of action in

spite of opposition…

• Indefatigable

• Pertinacious

• Tenacious

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Perspective

• The facts known to one

in having a

meaningful

interrelationship…

• The faculty of seeing

all the relevant data in

a meaningful

relationship…

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Page 17: Overcoming Obstacles

The Most Difficult Obstacles

• …“are the ones we

place in front of

ourselves”…MDK

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Page 18: Overcoming Obstacles

Daily Creed

• “Lord, let me commit

this day…to not be the

one who gets in my

way!”MDK

Created by Michael D. Kerwick