What is a roadblock?
Many people have hundreds of roadblocks in their lifetime. A roadblock in life is an action, condition, ect., that does not allow an individual to move forward. Justin Bieber for example, has had many roadblocks in his singing career such as him being arrested several times. Having a roadblock, especially when a famous singer, creates many problems. The hold you back from making progress. You think you are right on track and moving forward, for Justin it would be creating new songs and a new album. Once you hit the roadblock, you dead stop in your tracks, no progress, no moving forward. In Justin Bieber’s perspective, doing something he should not be doing causes him to go to jail. Causing all of his work, progress, and moving on forward stops.
What are ways you can get around a roadblock?
- Recognize what the roadblock is. Once you know that you have hit a roadblock, you will often get angry or upset. This is a common reaction for many individuals. Justin Bieber got angry when he was arrested for the actions that he had done. In order to get passed/ through the roadblock, you need to realize what is creating you not to move forward or make progress. For instance, one of Justin Bieber’s incidents was because he driving under the influence. He became angry when he was put behind bars. Justin need to realize what caused him to be in jail and what he has to do prevent this from happening again.
- Find out what you are going to do to fix it. Once you know the issue, what are you going to do to fix it? You have to create an effective plan to reach your goal. After, you need to find what resources you have to make your plan successful. Justin Bieber realized that the only resource he had was his lawyer.
- Engage others to help. A way to around the roadblock is to ask for as much help from others as you can. Bieber’s lawyer did all the work at the courthouse. He only had to pay a $500 fine and was assigned to an angermagement class. He then also had to donate $50,000 to an unnamed charity. Justin had lost many fans with becoming a bad influence on children and teens.
- Be willing to fix the problem. To fix the roadblock, you must have the time, energy, and motivation to fix what has to be done. To do this, you must have patients in case the process takes longer than expected. Know what your goal is and reach for it. Justin’s goal was to get out of jail and do whatever it takes to be out.
Learn from your roadblocks. Roadblocks happen for a reason. It is all part of a learning process. Mistakes and decisions that are not so smart will happen and a roadblock will occur. It is up to you of how you are going to deal with that roadblock. Are you going to let it stop you from doing what you want? Or are you going to fix the mistakes and move forward? Justin decided he wanted to continue moving forward. He has been in less trouble recently, and has many hit songs. It all depends how you look at a roadblock.
