Execution Tip: Think about how to “Overcome Barriers” on your path to Execution Excellence.

by Dr. Brian Higley

December 26th, 2009

The ability to overcome a variety of barriers blocking Execution Excellence can be extremely helpful when SMART Goals are not being achieved regularly.  This can be doneby “flipping” barriers into Objectives that can be achieved as part of your Mission.

For example, one barrier to the achievement of the SMART Goal “Take out all trash every Wednesday before 9AM” might be: “I hate taking out the trash.”  This barrier can be “flipped” into the Objective: “Increase enjoyment in relation to goals I do not initially look forward to achieving,” with a SMART Goal like “Ask my favorite person to come with me when I take out the trash,” or “Listen to enjoyable music while taking out the trash.”  The ability to quickly flip barriers into Objectives is a critical skill associated with Execution Excellence.  On the other hand, inability to do so is one of the most powerful contributors to the Execution Crisis.  For an article outlining some of the most common categories of barriers to Execution Excellence, click here.

• NOTE TO THOSE USING THE MISSION FULFILLMENT SYSTEM A common indicator of high levels of Overcoming Barriers are fewer instances of feeling as though Objectives or SMART Goals are impossible to achieve on deadline.  For instance, if one exhibits the ability to Overcome Barriers in relation to the SMART Goal “Take out all trash every Wednesday before 9AM,” there is less energy wasted on wondering if it can be done and more focus on how to address possible barriers to doing so.  Your system indicates strong abilities to Overcome Barriers via high (scores of 80 and above) Personal “Go-Active %” scores on your Progress/People subtab.  This subtab is located to the right of the Progress/Items subtab on the upper left-hand side of the main Progress Tab (Personal Go-Active % scores are located on the far right-hand side of the screen, and are displayed as bar graphs).

• FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ON THE MISSION FULFILLMENT SYSTEM: Click here to for more information and click here to sign up.

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