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

I suggest you buy yourself a copy of this book because I think it will change your life regarding problem-solving for everything, forever.

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.

Label the boxes in whatever order you want to start with

This is your obstacle analysis grid.

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.

And don’t be surprised if you tick more than one or 2.

Tick as many as you need.

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.

It is the second half of the book, that is dedicated to The Obstacle Analysis GridTM and I highly recommend it to anyone who is struggling and suffering a bit with analysis paralysis, procrastination or you are just plain stuck and unable to move forward with your business idea? And perhaps you have no idea why?

Alternatively, though, it could be

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.

There is always an answer; you just need to know to frame it to your particular situation.

Now, this brilliant grid tool is from the number one bestseller book called You Can Have What You Want 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.

Read more here: http://www.createyourperfectbusiness.co.uk/obstacle-analysis-grid.html

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