Personal barriers

Personal barriers can inhibit our ability to think critically and the ability to make sound decisions. Some barriers such as depression, anger, passion and stress can lead to negative and even irrational thoughts. In my case, some of these barriers affected me when I was making one of the most significant decisions in my life.

About thirteen years ago I worked for a computer reseller that specialized in selling IBM hardware for export into Latin America. I was a salesman and was doing quite well earning a pretty good salary and commissions for a young urban professional. I was on top of the world, recently married to my wife and already expecting our first child. We decided that we needed to get out of the small apartment and began to look for our first home. Our search began and one of the first barriers I came up against was fitting the idea of the home we wanted into our budget. We wanted to be in the type of house that all of my colleagues and fellow salesmen where buy...