Break the Barrier … Unlock your Potential
I hosted the FML: Fix my Life - From Procrastinating to Producing Masterclass yesterday. While the masterclass was all about going from procrastination to producing, in preparing for the masterclass, I ended up looking at and talking about barriers … The things that keep you from one place or the other.
In looking up the definition of barriers, it got me thinking that barriers can be at any point in your life. And that got me thinking … Where else are barriers in life keeping us stuck?
So, today, we’re going to look at barriers and how they are affecting your potential and keeping you from unlocking your potential.
Break the Barrier
Stop waiting for life to start … Life started the day that you were born.
Life has started. Life is happening.
But, the question becomes, if you are waiting for life to start, then is life happening to you? Because if you’re waiting for something specific to happen for life to start, then you are letting life happen to you.
Let’s acknowledge and realize that life is now … Life isn’t about the “if this happens” or “when this happens” then my life will have started. NO, your life has started now!
That “if this happens” or “when this happens” is a barrier that you are putting in place as a contingency for life starting. But, that’s not how it actually works …
Stop waiting for life to start because it has already started. It’s just like saying “I’ll be happy when” … “I’ll be successful when” … or any other “I’ll be _____ when” STOP SAYING IT!
If you don’t take control of life now, believe that life is happening now, then you aren’t going to feel any different when this “special event'' happens. In fact, when that “special event'' happens, you’re not going to be satisfied, you’re going to create some other contingency for what’s needed to say that life has started.
Take ownership and take responsibility for your life!
Don’t let “if this” or “I’ll be” statements become barriers to you living and enjoying life.
Don’t miss out on life! Too many amazing experiences are happening all around us!
What are you avoiding by waiting for this goal to come so that you can “start life” or whatever it is that you’re calling it?!?
You’re letting a barrier be in your way!
So what is a barrier?!?
A barrier is something that blocks or prevents movement from one place to another. It’s a roadblock, hurdle, a barricade, or a bar. But, just like any other barrier, it doesn’t have to be permanent.
Yes, we all have things that we procrastinate on … Which is why I created FML: Fix my Life - From Procrastinating to Producing Masterclass in order for you to stop avoiding and start doing.
Now, procrastinating can’t always last …
Well, I mean, I guess that it can but at some point it isn’t procrastinating anymore …
It’s just not doing. It’s something that you aren’t going to do … and that’s fine.
But, I can tell you what you’re avoiding …
By not doing, by staying stuck, by refusing to acknowledge and move past the barriers, you’re avoiding unlocking your true potential and actually leveling up and being the person you are meant to be!
I mean … What do you have to lose?
Clearly there’s something holding you back from unlocking your true potential and living the life you want.
Acknowledge it … Don’t pretend that it’s not there!
Breaking barriers is about identifying what is blocking you.
What is the roadblock, hurdle, or hindrance that is keeping you from where you want to go? Because once you can identify what that is, you can get through the barrier because you’ll have the tools to do so.
Identify the barriers and then work through them …
Break the barrier that is keeping you from “starting life”, from living life, from going after what you want, and that is keeping you stuck and not doing.
It’s time to reach your truest potential … So break the barrier!
Unlock your Potential
You are made for more … You are created for more!
Like I said, barriers keep you from getting there!
But, you can break through the barriers and get to the person that you are really meant to be!
Once you’ve identified the barrier and you’re ready to do the work to break through that barrier, that’s how you can get to the point of unlocking your potential. Breaking the barrier is unlocking your potential.
Getting to the point of finding and unlocking your potential is a journey.
It’s one that you have to be willing to embark on so that you are acknowledging the parts of the journey.
How can you unlock your potential?
Know, understand, and identify your strengths and weaknesses
When you know your strengths then you understand how you can use them to your benefit. Take the time to define your strengths and how you will use them to your advantage.
Knowing your weaknesses is just as important because if you can acknowledge what you struggle with then you can work on improving it. Also, knowing your weaknesses can help you to see what you might need to delegate and give to another person, or at the very least seek help with.
2. Know what makes you feel energized and exhausted
We’re not always going to be happy. Just like we aren’t going to always be in constant production and productive mode.
If you know what makes you feel energized and inspired, you can seek those things out when you feel exhausted so that you can get that energetic feeling back.
Now, if you know what makes you feel energized, you should also know what things and people make you feel exhausted so that you can avoid them.
Or, if you can’t avoid them, you are able to see and understand why you are feeling unusually exhausted and sluggish and that ability to “do” is being affected.
Create boundaries. Set boundaries. Honor your boundaries!
You should feel more energized than exhausted on any given day!
3. Know your part in how you go to where you are
You have to take ownership of what you’ve done, or not done, that caused you to be where you are. Blaming others, instead of taking responsibility for your mistakes, will get you nowhere!
You think that blaming others is what’s needed so that you can move on.
But honestly, blaming others only makes you stuck … Because in blaming others you aren’t creating a plan or a course of action that will get you unstuck.
By blaming others, you are giving them all the control and the power over the situation.
If you don’t take responsibility for your mistakes, learn from your mistakes, and forgive yourself … how do you expect to unlock your potential?
Ohhhh … Are you expecting someone else to unlock your potential for you?
Uh, yea, that’s a NO!
If you’re ready … If you’re really ready and willing to do the work to unlock your potential, keep reading on!
Ready to Unlock Your Potential?
If you’re ready to take the journey to unlock your potential, to level up, to be and live the life that you deserve (because you deserve to live your best life) then let’s talk!
Yesterday in the masterclass we talked about the barriers to productivity … The barriers that were causing you to procrastinate and stay stuck.
But really, in any area of your life there are barriers. Those barriers can block you and prevent you from getting to whatever it is on the other side … your success … your happiness … your best life ... your potential.
So yes, the same tips and tools that I taught in the masterclass to identify the barriers to productivity and then doing the work to become unstuck so that you can overcome procrastination, can be used to identify and overcome what is the barrier between you and your potential.
If you’re ready to identify and work through those … and I hope you are, because otherwise why do you keep coming back to read these blogs each week that are focused around growth and personal development … Then book your free personalized productivity audit where we can talk about you and your barriers and what getting unstuck and unlocking your potential will look like for you!
My barriers aren’t your barriers and your barriers aren’t my barriers. So it’s important for you to get the individualized support that you need in order to identify and then break your barriers to productivity so that you can unlock your potential.
I’m here … ready, willing, and able to work with you to unlock your potential!
So, the question becomes … are you ready to break the barriers and unlock your potential … or not? Because if you are … Booking the call is the start of you being consistent with everything in life!
Now, let’s get to work ...
-Coach Lee
Your Productivity & Accountability Coach