{"id":30685,"date":"2021-04-01T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=30685"},"modified":"2021-04-12T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:12:32","slug":"remove-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/remove-obstacles\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Obstacles That Stifle Your Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you know how to remove obstacles that stifle your progress? What is the best way to go about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In your work and personal life, you face obstacles that keep you from achieving what matters to you or that slow the process. Most people try to remove obstacles by attempting to fix everything at once, but this is the least effective strategy. Instead, start with the most critical obstacle, where improvement will have the biggest impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some tips on how to remove obstacles that stifle your progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How to Remove Obstacles: Learn From Alex Rogo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In The Goal<\/em><\/a>, a management-oriented novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, a fictional character, Alex Rogo<\/a>, is tasked with turning around a failing production plant. He succeeds by focusing on improving the slowest aspect of the production process, which has a ripple effect on improving the whole operation. He learned the value of focusing on the weakest point while leading a Boy Scout hiking trip. The group moved inefficiently, starting and stopping when the faster hikers got ahead and had to wait for slower hikers. When Rogo put the slowest hiker at the front of the group and helped him go faster by removing weight from his pack, the group moved more steadily and quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some steps to identifying and removing obstacles, using the example of preparing a 15-page report for a client:<\/p>\n\n\n\n