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I'm finishing this week's issue early because on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week I'll be at a special training event on Core Passion. As I write this I feel very excited for the next few days. I LOVE learning and I love learning via live events. I can't wait to share what I learn with YOU!


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This week's article is a continuation of last week's, 5 Challenges that Could Kill Your Chances of Making Your Dreams Come True. This week we dive into INTERNAL challenges that hold you back. Unlike external challenges, internal challenges are with us 24/7 and if you don't understand them can STOP you faster than dead cell phone batteries, mom, and natural disasters - combined!

Enjoy the upcoming weekend! Until next week,

Wishing you happiness and success,

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5 Challenges that Could Kill Your Chances of Making Your Dreams Come True - Part 2

Last week we started talking about the different types of external challenges we experience and how they hold us back. This week we're going to keep talking about the challenges and obstacles that slow our progress and delve into the world of our internal challenges.

Unlike external challenges, internal challenges are with us 24/7 and if you don't understand them can STOP you faster than dead cell phone batteries, mom, and natural disasters - combined!

Internal challenges are our thoughts, beliefs and emotions that block our progress. They include:

4. The LENS through which you view the world. Are you someone who sees the glass half full or half empty? Do you tend to see possibilities first, or obstacles?

We're all naturally wired to see life through a particular lens that's made up of our personality, upbringing and past experiences. For example, if you grew up in a family with self-employed parents it's not too far of stretch to imagine yourself self-employed. On the other hand, if you grew up with parents that worked for someone else, it might be hard to imagine yourself doing anything different.

How you view the world is how you view your possibilities. Sometimes the lens you look through is empowering and other times it may limit your possibilities.

To know whether or not the lens you're looking through is serving your highest good ask yourself, "Is this what I really want?"

5. FEAR. What are you afraid of? We're all afraid of something. Failure. Loneliness. Not being liked or accepted for who we really are. Loss. Betrayal. Illness. This list goes on...

I doubt there is anyone that is free of fear. Some just learn how to put it on the back burner and move forward in spite of their fear. For others, fear stops them dead in their tracks where they remain stuck.

Fear manifests itself in many ways; lack of self-confidence, procrastination, lack of focus, loneliness, overwhelm, feeling needy. Fear can also show up as anger, sadness, jealousy, etc.

Fear is necessary in our life because it will keep us safe. But sometimes fear will keep us too safe, not allowing us to do the very things we need to do to create the life we most want.

Often times fear is the shadow side of our gifts. For example, if one of your core passions is leadership, before you can live your life as a leader you may need to overcome self-esteem issues.

Just on the flip side of your gifts - the gifts that will help you make your dreams come true - live your challenges.

The first thing you can do not to let your internal challenges get the best of you is to become aware of what they are. The Passion Portal Assessment Tool will help you do that by putting into words your top five core passions and the gifts and challenges associated with each core passion.

Self-knowledge is empowering. Becoming aware of and putting into words your challenges will empower you to make good choices for your life in spite of your external and internal challenges.

In the long run your challenges, once you overcome them, will give you strength. You'll gain courage and confidence every time you do something you are afraid to do. With every challenge you overcome you will strengthen your sense of self. You'll begin identifying yourself as someone who acts in spite of the challenges and obstacles in their way. You will live a life you'll be proud of.

(c) 2007 Cari Vollmer / LifeOnTrack.com

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