The One Objection You MUST Overcome
Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
by Donovan Baldwin
No Diet 4 Me
Announce any major decision to friends and family and then sit back. What's going to happen? People are going to start coming up with objections.
They will tell you all the reasons it won't work, why it's not a good idea, what the negative outcomes might be...the list goes on. Most of us have encountered this at one time or another.
Many, however, will bend to the weight of the objections raised by others, even if those objections are unfounded.
There is a good reason for this.
Most of us have doubts about our own abilities to accomplish difficult things, or even change the course that we are presently following. Our own doubts and objections more often serve to derail our hopes and dreams than those of others. They just add weight to the negative feelings we are already experiencing.
Obviously, choosing unrealistic and/or impossible goals can only increase the certainty of these objections being confirmed.
However, if we know that we can truly accomplish, even if with a great deal of effort and maybe not exactly as originally imagined, some particular goal, we should not let the objections of others, or, more importantly, our own objections, stop us from success.
The most important objections to overcome rise from our own expectations of failure.
Failure is a common step encountered by many who have become successful. The classic example of this is Thomas Edison, who came up with a workable solution for the electric light bulb after hundreds of "failed" attempts. At any point, Edison could reasonably concluded that the task was impossible, or not going to happen on his watch, but he honestly believed that he could eventually find the solution, and he was willing to endure the failures to achieve the success which he knew awaited him if he only persevered.
If you are a normal human being, you will almost certainly face personal doubts when attempting almost any new or difficult task. However, if you truly believe that the goal is possible, and is worth the effort, you should work past the objections of all, including those of your most important critic...yourself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Donovan Baldwin is a 65-year-old accountant, amateur bodybuilder, freelance writer, certified optician, and Internet marketer currently living in the Atlanta, Gerogia area. A University Of West Florida alumnus (1973) with a BA in accounting, he has been a member of Mensa and has been a Program Accountant for the Florida State Department of Education, the Business Manager of a community mental health center, and a multi-county Fiscal Consultant for an educational field office. He has also been a trainer for a major international corporation, and has managed various small businesses, including his own. After retiring from the U. S. Army in 1995, with 21 years of service, he became interested in Internet marketing and developed various online businesses. He has been writing poetry, articles, and essays for over 40 years, and now frequently publishes original articles on his own websites and for use by other webmasters. He has posted a series of articles on the Law of Attraction , and other self-improvement issues at http://xtramoney4me.net/internetmarketing/reviews/law_of_attraction_articles/index.html .
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Hello Donovan, I am a new writer for this site, I have read one or two of your articles,Well done, and well said, "The one objection you must overcome" went straight in to the bone, not in any negative sense, but because its what I have been doing forever, its only now I hear I am not alone, and it is a known factor.I suppose it is self doubt that led me to feel this way, but now I shall develope the method, and use it with more conviction safe in the knowledge that I am following a well trodden path.I shall read on, and when I gain more info, I shall let you know.Thanks again, ChrisHello Chris. Thank you for the kind comments. Still looking for the path myself...I know it's around here somewhere. Keep up the hunt. It's sometimes more fun than the kill. Don
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