Reason #3: You Lack the
Resources
Great emergencies
and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had
supposed.
William James
William James
Have you ever watched a show like Clean Sweep, Trading
Spaces or The Biggest Loser and said to yourself, “Of COURSE they can lose
weight/clean out their clutter/redesign their home. They have a team of experts
at their beck and call!”
Well, while not everyone – and in fact, very few of us – can
have Oprah’s dietitian, Jillian Michaels for a personal coach, and an interior
designer to rework our home, we do need to find and use resources to help us
achieve our goals. If we find ourselves stymied on the way to success, we just
might be experiencing a lack of resources.
Resources fall into several types. Let’s look at each one
and discuss ways to get the resources you need to get where you want to go:
Monetary.
Usually, when we think we don’t have the resources to complete a goal, we think
it’s a monetary issue. It’s true that some goals take cash, but most of the
time, we think of money as the solution to all our problems. While it can
definitely help smooth the way, there are other methods to getting the
resources we need besides purchasing them. For instance:
- Bartering. Trade your expertise for someone else’s services. If you’re looking for a personal trainer, swap your Internet marketing skills for her training.
- Borrowing. One of the biggest disadvantages to our geographically disconnected world is the inability to borrow from each other. But why not reconnect with your neighbors? Someone may have a car they’re not using and would be glad for you to use it to get to your night class across town. Someone else may have a summer house on the shore and would be happy to let you camp out there for weekends in the winter to work on your book. You won’t know until you ask.
- Renting/Timeshare. Pretty much
anything you want or need, from a horse to a car to a ski house, can be
available for a timeshare or rental. Go online and google your desire and
see what comes up.
Time. Time may be
even more of an issue than money when it comes to reaching your goals. We often
say, “I just don’t have the time!” when we mean, “It’s just not important
enough to me right now.” The truth is, we all have the same number of hours in
the day. You don’t have any fewer hours than the person who’s out there
training for an Ironman, or staying up late to work on her new business idea.
If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way.
Support. Our
cheering squads are resources, no doubt about it. And while the people closest
to us may not understand why we want to build a log cabin in the woods or start
a summer camp for disadvantaged ferrets, there are people out there in the
greater world who would gladly cheer you on. All you have to do is find them.
There really are no valid excuses when it comes to lack of
resources. Put it this way: Whatever you think your excuses are, someone else
in a tougher position than you has already found a way to achieve what you want
to achieve. You can do the same.
Next up on Thursday, 9/8/1: Reason #4 - can you guess what it might be?
Next up on Thursday, 9/8/1: Reason #4 - can you guess what it might be?
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