1)
Dealing with others – The tendency is to list other people as stumbling blocks.
The problem is that blaming others isn’t productive. Further, it
institutionalizes the status quo, with the perception that nothing can be done
unless others change, and that’s unlikely. The reaction to this truth, “Yeah,
but if you knew the people I have to deal with,” is the first barrier necessary
to cross.
2) Dealing with current
conditions – Positive planning is difficult when conditions are bleak. The
tendency is an implicit assumption that these conditions will and necessarily
must continue indefinitely, or at least long term. That perception perpetuates
the stagnant conditions. Leaving that mindset means changing beliefs about the
present, and that’s not easy to do alone.
3) Dealing with money –
Misunderstandings about money are a common problem: what it is, how it works,
and how it differs from abundance, wealth, income, resources and currency in
particular. A key symptom of these misunderstandings is the belief that money
is difficult to come by, especially in economic downturns, instead of looking
to economic fundamentals and how they function. Clarity here is crucial.
4) Dealing with thought
– People are often caught in thought, a metaphor outlining itself as keeping
them stuck by their own thinking. Scattered thoughts also dissipate energy,
preventing the coherence necessary to focus on definite objectives. Not
infrequently, this is because people don’t actually know what they want, making
achieving it impossible.
