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You may have already heard that mindset is

BY Shiraz Baboo

stepping into awareness. You will realize
everything, but mindset can affect your results Stepping back and looking around is
in ways you don’t expect. Three big ways are that some blocks are created from fear, and
through what I call Blocks, Obstacles and you may often realize the true source of that
Challenges. fear. Other blocks are there to steer you in
the right direction, but without awareness
Blocks you won’t find this out.

Blocks are things you can’t overcome. Most Obstacles
blocks are illusions that you create to keep
yourself small. They seem real enough. You can You can create a lot of obstacles while
look around and see how many other people are thinking they are challenges. Most often, you
blocked by the same or similar things. But this create obstacles when you unconsciously
typically isn't the case. These blocks justify your don't want to do something or when you are
unconscious story that you need to play small, trying to show that something is hard. For
be fearful, or feel helpless. They prevent you instance, if you need to show you that you
from getting to the other side of the block which, are a hard worker then problems will actually
on the surface is success, but may involve work, happen to make your job harder. Please note
judgment, the unknown, or all of these things. that there’s a big difference between
knowing you’re a hard worker and needing to
Think of yourself as a fly trapped inside a house, show you’re a hard worker. Hard workers just
trying to get through a closed window. You can take up the challenge and go. However, if you
put more and more effort into trying to get worry that people will think you don’t
through that window, and nothing you do will deserve the money or recognition you get,
make any difference. It will feel so frustrating, then you’ll feel that you have to show you’re
because you can see your goal right in front of a hard worker. This is typically not a
you, but you can’t get there. Many people give up conscious decision. The result is that things
on their dreams because of blocks. that could be accomplished easily and
joyfully now become a chore so you can
Now, if you stopped trying to get through the justify what you have. People see how hard
window and flew back into the center of the you work or you can talk about it. Your fear
room, and then looked around and took in all your of judgment causes you to make your life
options, you would find that there was a door harder than it needs to be. And you don’t
wide open, just a meter away from the window, even realize you’re doing it most of the time.
and that taking a different path through that
door would offer you no resistance whatsoever.

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