Obstacles Can Be
Opportunities In Disguise

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Published by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
Monday, January 28, 2002
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I bet, if we all think about it, we can remember a time when something seemed to be an obstacle that later turned out to be an opportunity. Often, when something happens that seems negative, it is difficult to see the bright side or even think there can be one. What I have noticed about life is that when one door closes another one opens. We just have to be ready and willing to recognize and seize the new opportunity.

Endings are simply new beginnings. When something negative happens, look for the gift hidden there. You will be more open to the opportunities those obstacles present with that point of view.

If I hadn't been laid off from my corporate job, I would have never discovered coaching and that I have an entrepreneurial spirit. Although losing my job seemed like the worse thing that could have happened, I realized later that it was the best thing that could have happened. I turned what seemed like an obstacle into an opportunity by staying open to what life presented.

Coaching

When life throws us an obstacle, we look for the opportunity. If we can stay open and not get seized with fear, we often can see that the obstacle is simply pointing us in a new direction. Obstacles are the U-turns in life that help us find a new path.

What obstacle in your life can you turn into opportunity?

Daily Success Formula

Obstacles = Opportunity

Quotes

"Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with the wind." Hamilton Mabie

"I have learnt that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." Booker T. Washington

"Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight." Orison Swett Marden