The question was, "What do you do when whatever you are doing seems impossible?" My response was, "Ask for help," to the question asked by a young man after I had given a six hours presentation in Twin Falls, Idaho.
I then shared the story of a father who asked his son to remove a rock that was in their backyard. The son tried to remove that rock with no success. After a while, he came back to the living room and informed his dad that it was impossible to remove that rock. His father explained the importance of removing the rock and said to his son, "Son, use all available resources to remove that rock."
Still doubting whether he could remove the rock, the son embarked on the task. He used chains to pull the rock and long metal bars to push it but all in vain. Frustrated and with his ego bruised, he went back to the house and detailed his fruitless efforts to his father. The father, after hearing that the rock had not been removed asked his son, "Have you used all resources available to you?" His son's response was, "YES!"
Then the unexpected question came from the father, "Son, how come you did not ask me to help you?"
There is always someone with a solution for professional, personal or spiritual challenges that you face. The most critical challenge to overcome is the inability to see and take advantage of the resources within your reach. In whatever challenge you are facing, get a pen and write it down. Determine what needs to be done first. Then write down all the resources that you think you need to overcome the challenge, especially those needed for the part of your challenge that needs to be overcome first. Make sure you start with the resources that are within your reach.
After you have done this, get up and start working with what you have. It is impossible to have 100% of the resources that are needed for any challenge. BUT it is 100% possible to start with what you have. What you need most is:
1. Clear understanding of the challenge
2. Your determination to overcome the challenge
3. Know the key parts of the challenge that must be overcome first
4. List the obstacle that you foresee
5. Inventory of the resources-people (family, friends); skills and knowledge; tools and money; that you have and can start with
6. Milestones that mark the start and show continued progress and completion of key parts of your challenge
7. Flexibility that allows you to deal with unknown circumstances that avail themselves
8. Focus on the big picture while working on day-to-day parts of the challenge.
Once you start, persist. Our son's first name is Kithetheesyo, which means Persistence. His second name is Uathimo, meaning Blessings. To the best of my knowledge, he is the only person with this combination. He is our fourth child, the only son, and was born in my middle age.
After pondering for over six months, I concluded that persistence is the quality in life that separates winners from losers. It is the one factor in life that makes a person prosper in any endeavor in life. It separates those who endure and overcome obstacles from those who succumb to them. Persistence in one's vision brings the anticipated results-Blessings.
Persistence is the trait that helps people with less spectacular abilities beat talents anytime. I heartily believe that even when nothing seems to come out of a project, persistence pays off. Abraham Lincoln is one example. He is among the great leaders who had a major impact in changing the beliefs and practices of his time. A closer look at his career portrays someone who would have been relatively unknown were it not for his spirit of persistence.
I once read the following from an Economic Press Publication about Lincoln:
Failed in business at age 22 Ran for the legislature and was defeated at 23 Failed again in business at 24 Won a seat in the legislature at 25 His sweetheart died when Abraham was 26 Suffered from a nervous breakdown at 27 Defeated for speaker at 29 Defeated for elector at 31 Defeated for Congress at 34 Elected to Congress at 37 Defeated for Congress at 39 Defeated for Senate at 46 Defeated for Vice President at 47 Defeated for Senate at 49 Elected President of United States of America at 51
To move any "rock" in your personal and professional goals, start with what you have and persist.
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