To get anything done you must overcome hurdles
“In order to get anything done, you must overcome hurdles.”
Hurdles have been a major problem in my life. For many years, I got very little done. I realized this was because I looked at hurdles as insurmountable walls.
For example, on one of the first books I ever wrote, I was unable to visualize the entire book. And yet, I was able to visualize each chapter individually. I had no idea how they’d fit together, but could see them separately.
So, what I did was I set myself a goal that every day I’d write a chapter. Then after I had all of the chapters done, I’d figure out how to put them together.
This allowed me to get these books done without getting trapped by the hurdles.
Looking back, I think in a lot of cases I’d made these hurdles bigger than they really were, because I was afraid. I was afraid of finishing the book and putting it out there were people could see it. I was afraid of not living up to my standards or not being profound enough.
Hurdles allowed me to avoid risks.
Once I got to the point where I just worked my way around the problem areas, I found myself finishing projects
At that point, I no longer could hide. I needed to step up and say, “Hey, here this is,” and take responsibility.