Summary: <p><strong>Welcome to episode 9 and this is more of a practical session around a book recommendation for you today about Obstacle Analysis. A simple way to understand what is blocking your move forward with your business idea and I am going to jump right into it with an exercise</strong></p> <p>I suggest you buy yourself a copy of this book because I think it will change your life regarding problem-solving for everything, forever.</p> <p>But for now, you can take a piece of paper and a pen or however you would take notes and document things and create a grid with 9 boxes, 3 across the top, 3 in the middle and 3 below.</p> <p>Label the boxes in whatever order you want to start with</p> <ul> <li>· <strong>Information</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Skill</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Belief</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Wellbeing</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Motivation</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Other People</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Time</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Money</strong> </li> <li>· <strong>Fear</strong> </li> </ul> <p>This is your obstacle analysis grid.</p> <p>I am going to take you through a very short 2 step exercise to determine what your problem might be and which box it fits in on the grid.</p> <p>And don’t be surprised if you tick more than one or 2.</p> <p>Tick as many as you need.</p> <p><em>Now the reason I suggest you buy the book is that there is a third step which involves you read in detail about the problem or problems you ticked in your boxes.</em></p> <p>It is the second half of the book, that is dedicated to <strong>The Obstacle Analysis GridTM</strong> and I highly recommend it to anyone who is struggling and<strong> </strong>suffering a bit with analysis paralysis, procrastination or you are just plain stuck and unable to move forward with your business idea?<strong> </strong>And perhaps you have no idea why?</p> <p>Alternatively, though, it could be</p> <ul> <li><strong>You are finding your will is there but you just can’t seem to take things forward and feel blocked and frustrated? Or</strong></li> <li><strong>You suspect you know what the problem is but can't articulate it?</strong></li> </ul> <p>I thought this tool was so useful I wanted to share the concept of the obstacle analysis grid so you could put a handle on your problem quickly and stop yourself going round in circles, and getting really frustrated with yourself.</p> <p>There is always an answer; you just need to know to frame it to your particular situation.</p> <p>Now, this brilliant grid tool is from the number one bestseller book called <a href="https://amzn.to/39WFlF0"><strong>You Can Have What You Want</strong></a> <em>by Michael Neill, a very famous success coach for some very famous successful people such as Paul McKenna so I am very inclined to listen to what he has to say about the subject of success.</em></p> <p><em>Read more here:</em><a href="https://www.createyourperfectbusiness.co.uk/the-obstacle-analysis-grid.html"><em> http://www.createyourperfectbusiness.co.uk/obstacle-analysis-grid.html</em></a></p> <p><em><strong>Book mentioned:</strong></em></p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://amzn.to/39WFlF0"><em>You Can Have What You Want by Michael Nei</em></a><em>l</em> </li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/createyourperfectbusiness/message
