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  • Writer's pictureGoran Yerkovich

The Obstacle is the Way

Updated: Feb 25



In 2017 I took some time off from the corporate world to begin working on Goran 2.0, which is when this website started. I was burnt out from the constant business grind. From the projects, the meetings, and from the endless push of moving someone else's vision forward.


In 2017 I was exhausted from working on someone else's dream and I knew then it was the time I started working on my own.


But then a few things happened. Since I'd gone decades without taking any breaks, I

had no idea what to do with my new found time. So I did what any rational university graduate, thirty-something person would do, I threw myself into seven different personal passion projects, all at once.


As you might have guessed, it didn't end well.


At first I took on just a few projects, until I added more and more on to my plate. Soon I found myself as stressed as I was in my corporate job. Until eventually, one by one, I started realizing something.


I realized many of the things I wanted to do were not really my dreams, but in fact just ideas that sounded great saying out loud to crowded rooms of friends or strangers who wanted to hear something inspiring.


The trouble was, inspiring ideas need a lot more than just talk. They need action and a deep desire to execute, to work at it, over and over again.


I also learned that the obstacle is the way.


A friend recently said when you start facing bigger and bigger obstacles in life - ones that try to prevent you from reaching your most important goals - you'll know you're getting closer. You'll know the universe is just testing you.


Personally, I love this idea. So I created this equation. Which really has no purpose but maybe it might just help us remember it when it's time.


OB (obstacles) + R (Response) = O (Outcome)


Because in life events will happen. But how we respond is what will matter. How we respond will dictate the outcome.


Obstacles will try to derail us. But obstacles will also give us a chance to prove how badly we want something. And the bigger those obstacles get, the closer you might just be to finally completing that thing you know you always needed to do.

WHAT IS THE INSPIRED? WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR? 

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In the fall of 2017 I founded The-Inspired.com as my way of contributing back to the world.  Never before has so much powerful, educational, informative life changing knowledge been available to us online. The Inspired is a BEST oF compilation of those sources, with a specific goal in mind...​

 

Our Mission: To move you forward in your journey.   What we do each day matters.  From new or seasoned professionals in the business world, retirees in their 50's to golden years, and for stay at home moms or dads, the inspired is designed for you.  Moving forward in your journey means living a better life.  It means improving your career, reducing your stress or anxiety. It means finding fulfillment in each day, and purpose in life, at any age.  

 

Tools, Tactics & Inspired Daily Rituals:  Every journey should start with practical, and easy to follow advice.  In the articles we post regularly, I'll share with you some of the best I've learned that has helped me master my life. I'm talking about some of the most under used, underrated, and misunderstood tools, tactics, and habits in life that have worked for me and millions of people around the world.  Tools and tactics to help you understand your strengths, passions and goals, and get you working towards improving your life today. And most importantly, by subscribing to the-inspired we're saying yes, we want to spend some part of each day doing not just what we love but what we were placed on this earth to do. 

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Category Pages: Checkout our many categories on content that matters most to you. Inspired foundations starts with healthy habits and ways to live each day.  Inspired flow gets into doing more of what you love.  Career advice includes my free advice and personal tactics that has allowed me to thrive in the business world.  And checkout my inspired interviews collection with some of the most inspired and hard working minds who have dedicated their lives to doing what they love.  People, perhaps like you, who have taken their dreams and made them into their new realities. 

 

I hope you enjoy your personal experience here at The-Inspired, and the growth that comes with it.

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Hi I'm Goran Yerkovich, the Founder of The-Inspired. I'd love to hear from you and learn what brought you to The-Inspired. If you have an idea for a story as a Guest Columnist, or if you'd like to share your journey, or you'd like to tell me about the articles you've loved, and how they have helped you in your journey, you can reach me at: info@the-inspired.com  

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