Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Obstacles seem worse when you lose focus on your main objective.
- In plain terms
- Focus on your goal to ignore distractions and hurdles.
- What can you take from it?
- Keep your eyes on the end goal.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is your main goal right now?
- What distracts you?
Another view
Sometimes obstacles must be addressed directly, not ignored.
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