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There are times in every business when it looks as though we’ve failed. The loss of a major client, for example, can feel like a fatal blow to a small business. This type of negative event, however, can be an opportunity in disguise. By learning three simple principles for turning obstacles into opportunities, you’ll be able to overcome any roadblock.

Step 1: Override Preprogrammed Beliefs

What normally happens when you lose a big client or experience financial disaster? Do you hide in your office and lick your wounds? If you do, you’re missing the chance to see your “failure” in a completely new way.

When life delivers a body blow, our preprogrammed beliefs can take over and cause us to withdraw. That is, they will for most people, but if you’ve truly decided to become successful, you’re going to override those old fears and look opportunity square in the face.

Ask yourself: “Where is the opportunity”, “What did I learn from the experience?” and “How can I turn this around?” This supposed “failure” can stretch your belief in your abilities in ways a smooth path can’t. What you’ll learn, if you choose to, can transform your career.

Step 2: Accept New Information

Remember those preprogrammed beliefs? They’re a combination of your sensory input and previous experiences, and can keep you from moving forward. Suspending those old beliefs and being willing to accept new information is the key to launching lifetime success.

Imagine yourself stuck behind a boulder on a narrow path. Your senses have told you it can’t be moved, but your creative mind already sees a way around it. Which do you believe? Do you sit down on the path and complain about the roadblock or do you start climbing?

Be willing to believe something new, even when past experience tells you the situation is hopeless. The ability to accept new information will change your perspective and open the door to opportunity.

Step 3: Make Different Decisions

Now that you’ve listened to new input and suspended outdated beliefs, it’s time to make different decisions. Deciding to give up won’t gain you a thing. Deciding, instead to seek new solutions can attract the success you desire.

Put your arms around the frustration and helplessness you’re feeling and use that emotion to fuel creative solutions. Come at the problem from a completely new direction. Refuse to accept failure as final. It’s not over until YOU say it’s over.

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