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Mastering Clarity: Achieving Your Goals and Overcoming Obstacles

Writer's picture: Jason C. StaufferJason C. Stauffer
Seeking success on any level is a journey of identifying goals and obstacles.

Success, whether in personal growth or business, is built on clarity. The path to achieving your goals—whatever they may be—boils down to a few core principles: identifying your goals, setting realistic timelines, pinpointing obstacles, and solving the problems that hold you back.


In any creative effort, progress relies on your ability to reflect, adjust, and strategize. It’s a constant process of checking in with yourself, refining your targets, assessing your efforts, and determining what works—and what doesn’t. What worked well? What needs improvement? What should you drop entirely into the bucket of “lessons learned”?


To stay grounded and focused on your goals, break them down into smaller, manageable chunks. Taking the time to reflect—through meditation or journaling—on your short- and long-term goals is crucial. Start by identifying what you want to accomplish in the next 3, 6, and 12 months. Think deeply about what has prevented you from already achieving these goals. Often, we sit with the same goals for months, or even years, yet feel stuck in place. Understanding what’s blocking your progress is key to moving forward.


It’s important to balance the near-term with the long-term. While thinking in terms of decades is an ideal goal, especially when aiming for sustained success, we must learn to focus on what’s in front of us right now. Achieving greatness in the future starts with solving the urgent and important issues in the present.


Here’s an exercise to help you get started:

  1. Schedule 30 minutes of uninterrupted time in a quiet place. Bring your journal or something to write on.

  2. Begin by writing the following: “In 3 months, I will have accomplished the following things to get me closer to my goals…” List at least three things. Then, do the same for the 6-month and 12-month timeframes.

  3. Next, write: “The biggest obstacles standing in the way of my 3-month goals are…” List at least three obstacles. Repeat this for your 6-month and 12-month goals.

  4. Then, consider: “Achieving my 3-month goals by clearing these obstacles will reward me with…” List three rewards you expect to gain from these accomplishments. Do the same for the 6-month and 12-month goals.

  5. Finally, reflect on this prompt: “What has been blocking me from already achieving these goals?” Write down at least three things that have kept you stuck or weighed you down over the past year.

This exercise will be uncomfortable, and that’s okay. Progress comes with discomfort. You may feel exhausted by the mental and emotional energy it requires. Remember, like any physical muscle, your mind and heart also need training. The more consistent you are with this exercise, the better you will get at thinking, planning, and manifesting success over time. Incremental growth adds up exponentially—if you stick with it.


Give this a try and let me know how it works for you. The journey toward clarity and success starts with these small but powerful steps. -Jason



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