{"id":13091,"date":"2021-07-06T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2022-09-15T02:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T02:02:42","slug":"podcast-the-importance-of-anticipating-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/podcast-the-importance-of-anticipating-obstacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The importance of anticipating obstacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-219154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/charlotte-karlsen-aa0hsn7rr94-unsplash-1024x768-1.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"Podcast: The importance of anticipating obstacles\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/charlotte-karlsen-aa0hsn7rr94-unsplash-1024x768-1.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/charlotte-karlsen-aa0hsn7rr94-unsplash-1024x768-1-980x735.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/charlotte-karlsen-aa0hsn7rr94-unsplash-1024x768-1-480x360.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/charlotte-karlsen-aa0hsn7rr94-unsplash-1024x768-1.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=216&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/charlotte-karlsen-aa0hsn7rr94-unsplash-1024x768-1.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w, https:\/\/eyi2a29pdc4.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/charlotte-karlsen-aa0hsn7rr94-unsplash-1024x768-1.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=864&amp;ssl=1 864w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On this episode, we chat about obstacles that get in the way of our habits\u2014including the habits we\u2019re in the middle of forming, and the ones we already have. Topics covered include:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The payoff of anticipating obstacles ahead of time<\/li>\r\n<li>Some common obstacles that get in our way<\/li>\r\n<li>How to identify the obstacles that\u2019ll get in the way of our specific habits<\/li>\r\n<li>The types of obstacles we face: Environmental, time-based, temptations, and situational<\/li>\r\n<li>The five cues that trigger habits<\/li>\r\n<li>Minding our time, attention, and energy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Links mentioned in this episode:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/081298160X\/?tag=aloproductivity-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book: <em>The Power of Habit<\/em><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/new-years-resolutions-guidebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My <em>New Year\u2019s Guidebook<\/em><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can listen (and subscribe) to the podcast below!<\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fbecomingbetter%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fbecomingbetter%2FBB55_Anticipating_Obstacles.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fchrisbailey.com%2Fpodcast-the-importance-of-anticipating-obstacles%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obstacles are hard to deal with as they come up, but pretty easy to deal with ahead of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3695],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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