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3. Create Your Own Reality: William James, the noted psychologist said, "The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude." A powerful way to prove this is to learn to transform adversity into advantage. Without doubt whatever path you choose there will be unforeseen obstacles along the way. These drop into our lives as unwanted and unexpected disruptions that knock us off our track and can create great anguish. No one goes through business life without these setbacks and while you have absolutely no control over when they strike, what you can control is how you react to them. It is said that no problem presents itself without a gift in its hand. When an unwanted crisis comes barging into your life let whatever emotions come with it be expressed and then move on and find the gift.
4. Get Out of Your Own Way: "We have met the enemy and he is us." --Pogo.
All too often we actually block ourselves from that which we wish to attain. As Pogo so accurately reflects, we become our own worst enemy. And the insidious thing is that often we don't even realize we're doing it. Ask two or three trusted friends where they see you stopping yourself and listen carefully to their answers without being defensive. And when you make a mistake, have compassion for yourself. Learn to silence that raging inner critic. One of the best methods for doing this I learned from author, speaker, and golfer Ken Blanchard. After missing a makeable putt rather than letting his inner critic run wild he says to himself quietly, "Oh, I missed that putt. How unlike me."