Scott EmpringhamAI Marketing Strategist | Helping CEOs Scale with AI

DAY 81/100 – THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY

15 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Scott Empringham delivers a first-person reflection arguing that obstacles can become the gifts that transform life. He presents personal examples — overcoming barriers led him to remarry his first wife and to rebuild his business — and frames setbacks as opportunities that enabled him to serve at a higher level. The speaker also raises a metaphysical framing, suggesting a "divine power" may have guided needs beyond conscious expectations.

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That very thing that's holding you back is the gift that actually lifts you up. And it's not just a turn of phrase. It's not something this sort of Pollyanna thing. Looking at the brighter side, the obstacle actually was the very thing that gave me freedom to look at life differently, gave me an opportunity to see life differently, gave me an opportunity to live life differently. And in so doing, I was able to attract the life I always wanted. To remarry my first wife, to rebuild my business. It gave me the gift that I always wanted, and then the gift to serve at a higher level. When we're going through those things, sometimes we don't see them. The obstacle is the way. But what if there was this divine power that knew what Wade needed, what Scott needed, even more than what we thought we needed?