How to avoid being discouraged: Recognize there is no such thing as a setback

Have you ever experienced a time when you were making progress at something, moving in the right direction and then WHAM…something undesired happens and you feel that now you are regressing? What you desire or want to accomplish is now even farther away. It is easy to classify this as a misstep and a setback.

The alternaview:

The alternaview is that there is no such thing as a setback.

There is nothing that happens that sets us back, but rather the problem we really have is we have characterized something as negative, which really is working for our better good.  What has really surfaced is a situation that is designed to propel us forward and we just need to be able to recognize it for what it is. Something has arisen in order to grab our attention so that we will look at things differently and be better prepared in the future to take a quantum leap in the direction we desire.

We are really just preparing to move forward and the challenge is being able to view all situations that would lead us to believe otherwise from this different perspective.  Once we are really able to understand and appreciate that what we are classifying as setbacks are really preparations for advancement and for the future, we will be less apt to have such a negative view on them and allow them to discourage us. We may not always welcome them, but we will realize they are a helpful reminder that we need to approach and look at things differently.  We will understand that it is really a message to make us more successful in the long run, and not something that will prevent us from going where we are trying to go.

So, if you currently feel you are experiencing a setback or if one arises in the future, don’t fall into the common trap and view it as something negative and discouraging.  Step back and look at things from another perspective.  Realize it is a reminder that you may need to analyze your current approach and what you are doing.  Understand that in one way or another you are being positioned for the success you asked for…that is the alternaview.

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