Just read something that really got me thinking about how some people seem to have opportunities and others do not. The article was about achievement and overcoming obstacles that always seem to be in our way. In the article, Les Brown, a motivational speaker, made the point that we should not be waiting for opportunities to knock because opportunities actually do not knock; they stand by silently waiting for us to recognize them!

Coaching is the ultimate “obstacle profession” for many reasons. Yet some coaches succeed and overcome these obstacles while others do not. The most important lesson is that we all must remember that obstacles happen to the most successful people in any field. They are just part of the process.

I suggest that obstacles do one of two things to most people: paralyze or energize. The mindset with which you see obstacles will have a tremendous bearing on how you deal with them. Successful people are energized by the obstacle and see it as a challenge, while the unsuccessful people spend the majority of their time worrying about it, fearing it, and simply doing nothing to beat it.