Perfecting our Perception and Preparing to Act !

How we perceive an obstacle determines to an incredible degree how successful we will be in overcoming it. If we perceive it as being insurmountable, then it WILL BE SO! Remember that THE MIND IS THE BUILDER. To attain proper perception we must see ourselves overcoming the obstacle in our mind. It is not necessary to have a precise view of the path that we will take to accomplish this but the result must be seen by the mind.  

For some, this concept may need clarification so I will give an example. I was part of a team that was upgrading the network for a large city. Our team had been hired a considerable time after the program had been initiated because the project was pretty far behind schedule. The original team had encountered numerous obstacles from the onset of the project and, somewhere along the way, they started believing that the obstacles were too great to overcome within the timeframe allowed for the project. They had doomed themselves to failure and, had they not brought in a group of people who were unwilling to admit that the project timeline was unrealistic, it would not have been finished on time.

The problem with the original team was not that ( from a technical knowledge standpoint) they weren't capable of accomplishing the task. With just a couple of exceptions,  They were very capable professionals. Their weakness was in their self confidence and their perception of the task at hand. By adding a few individuals who refused to see the obstacles as insurmountable, they were able to complete the project more than six months ahead of schedule. We did not have all of the answers when we joined the team but we had the one VITAL element of proper perception. We were able to see the project completed in our minds. The rest was just finding the right path to that end.

I feel there is much more I could say about perception but I will trust that if you are still unsure regarding perception that you will take the time and effort to read about it in more detail in Holiday's book. In my next post I will speak of  the second step in this three step process, ACTION. Until then, be safe and treat each other with the respect that each of us desires.