An Invisible Barrier that blocks High Productivity.

Sean swore as he rushed out the door, he was running late, again. Sean had promised his wife he would be on time to pick his son Dillon. Sean was annoyed at himself. He was also confused.

It was really important to Sean to be on time to pick up Dillon.

Yet he was either late or often he called Sally saying he couldn't pick up Dillon. Sean asked himself why? But he couldn't find the answer.

Sean keeps hitting an invisible barrier.

Sean's invisible barrier turned out to be a conflict in his values. When Sean did the values clarification activity his invisible barrier suddenly became visible.

The number one value for Sean was financial security. To provide a secure, safe environment for his family. To achieve this he believed he needed to indispensable and successful at work. So he worked long hours, was very conscientious and did a lot of the work himself to build his knowledge.

This created the invisible barrier.

Family was also very high on Sean's values list. But the conflict between financial security and time with family created an invisible barrier. Sean wanted to spend more time with his family. Subconsciously, though, he could not do it because he felt it would threaten his financial security - so the invisible barrier went up.

To see the invisible barrier you need to look through a different set of eyes.

The values clarification activity helped Sean see things through a different set of eyes. He saw the conflict between his values. Now that he can see it he can do something about it.

Dillon had a huge smile on his face as he waved to his Dad. Sean watched the end of his son's basketball training with a feeling happier than he thought was possible for such a simple behavior.

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