How to Keep From Being Your Own Barrier

Why is it that when there are orange cones and Bob’s Barricade signs on the highway, everyone slows to a crawl as if the lane is barely wide enough for them to pass through? Don't we do the same in our own lives - let the smallest of changes or road blocks shut us down or at the very least slow down our progress. You've got to keep moving and avoid being your own worst barrier.

I have seen semi-trucks pass through an automated toll booth faster than most drivers will traverse a highway lane decked out in orange doo-dads. Maybe there is a difference in truck drivers and mere humans; they are on a mission for which they are going to get paid usually by the hour. Hmmm...truck drivers also have guides - a connection to their home office and a GPS. Do you have a guide or some kind of navigation system for your journey? Maybe it's time to consider one as you try to navigate the barriers in your life and work right now.

Well, we are in a nation that is under construction right now and the lanes on all sides of the information, marketing, and industry highway are paved with orange cones. Are you slowing down to go cautious and skeptical of what may lie ahead or are you on a mission for which you are going to get paid? (literally or figuratively)

One simple drive down any city highway these days will remind you of the lessons we can learn from life "on the road" Whether it is "Be Prepared to Stop", "No U-Turn", "Uneven Road Ahead", or "Take Detour", they all apply.

Are you paying attention to them or are you insisting that slow and cautious is the best way to navigate through the construction zones of your world. Drive through a construction zone on the way home tomorrow and remind yourself that you are the one who is in total control of keeping you from being your own worst barrier. Those who prefer to stay in their own way are looking for company – remember the whole misery loves company thing? – and they may tell you to remain cautious and remain slow and stay where you are until the market turns. Maybe they are the drivers that I keep running into.

I thought you were more like those semi truck folks who are on a mission and had an income to earn and business to run. Or maybe you are at just the right place where a contagious coach could be a good guide, a good navigator to help you chart a new course?

Let's talk and if you are in that place, check out: www.contagiouscoaching.com.
Stay contagious!
Monica