(Part 2 of a 4-part Series)
Four common barriers to attaining the lifestyle you desire are time, tools, training, and temperament. While there may be a host of reasons why you find yourself missing the mark when it comes to achieving your goals, I’m focusing on a few of the barriers. During this series, I identify four common barriers that are goal stealers and address ways to tackle them. If you missed Part 1, where I talked about the “time” barrier, I invite you to read it by visiting – https://boostingwomensuccess.com/barriers-to-achieving-your-goals-time-management/. Now, let’s move on to confront barrier number two – “tools”.
Whether you have feelings of uncertainty or you’re experiencing moments of doubt because your current situation or environment may include bursts of chaos, it’s still your responsibility to chart your future. In other words, it is your duty to choose appropriate tools to ensure your personal positive forward movement. Recognizing, it is fundamental to your success.
Challenges and barriers are a part of living and will remain in our life as either obstacles or opportunities. You get to decide! I want you to continue to lean in, not to quit and to go after what you really, really want for your future. Once you’ve defined where you want to go, you must identify the tools that you’ll need to help you get there. We’re in a climate where tools are continually being improved and as they are improved, it’s up to you whether you embrace and utilize them or ignore them and refuse to engage, thereby stunting your growth and ultimately your future. To discover which tools you need, I suggest you conduct a skills audit. A skills audit is critical to access your current knowledge base and your gaps so you can pinpoint what specific development tools you need to fill them. This will also position you to tackle specific short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
During the next few moments, I’ll share a few tools to help put you on the right path or at least point you in the right direction – Investing in the right tools will move you to a place of power. You are accountable for your skills acquisition and development. As a leader, it is imperative that you know the skills needed to guide your team and as a business owner or entrepreneur, it’s critical that you are utilizing the tools needed to repeatedly scale growth.
Today, fortunately, you have a wealth of tools available to you, so it’s up to you to be aggressive about identifying and implementing them. When researching which tools to use don’t limit your enhancement possibilities by only thinking of the workforce, but also include personal improvements as well as tools for your family, teams, civic and social communities, and networks. You should embrace tools as a method to conduct an analysis to determine competencies needed, to evaluate and identify proficiency levels. Finally, having a plan that includes the appropriate tools will help you to push beyond normal barriers and limitations. Start today by not allowing tools to be a barrier to your success.
Personal Development Tools:
Getting Smart offers several resources for professional development. It has links, innovative ideas, books, articles and many more. The Getting Smart team help education leaders identify and plan what to do next. Through advocacy, advisory and learning design, their team’s diverse expertise enables them to be agile and effective. With a team of educators, school administrators, business executives, nonprofit leaders, and marketing strategists, they approach problems with varied and valuable expertise. http://gettingsmart.com/about/resources/.
The Habit Factor is an international bestselling app combines the book by Martin Grunburg and a progress tracking system that helps you develop a habit of self-help and continuous development. https://thehabitfactor.com/
To-Do List Management App:
With Remember the Milk, you can stop thinking about how to remember and manage your daily tasks. Let Remember the Milk to do it. Get rid of sticky notes and marks on your hand. Managing tasks is generally not a fun way to spend your time. You no longer have to write your to-do lists on sticky notes, whiteboards, random scraps of paper, or the back of your hand. It’s the smart to-do app for busy people. https://www.rememberthemilk.com/about/
On-line Learning Courses:
Udemy consists of a wide range of learning courses that focus on the most necessary points such as self-help tools and techniques. A well-organized structure, clear instructions, and responsive instructors to foster your personal enhancement. The classes are well organized, and the instructors are top-notch. Although they have plenty of academic courses available, there are a number of personal development courses worth checking out. https://www.udemy.com/
Ideas Worth Spreading Tool:
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a non-profit website where individuals can go to watch videos on a variety of different topics. Their slogan is “ideas worth spreading.” Explore ideas worth spreading that relate to global issues in fields such as education, health care, art, culture, business, and plenty of others. Among the most outstanding speakers, there are economists, politicians, and social sector representatives. https://www.ted.com/
Network for Readers and Book Recommendations
Goodreads creates opportunities for you to read self-help books, comment on them, and discuss the contents on this social network for bibliophiles. Receive recommendations from other members and choose your next book. https://www.goodreads.com/
Save Content for Later App
Pocket is a tool to use when you don’t have time to read an article immediately but want to later. Put it in Pocket and access it later. No need to worry that the article will be lost or forgotten. https://getpocket.com/
Lastly, tools will allow you to invest in training, skills, and personal development needed to improve your future success.
