"A Rock and a Hard Spot"

It's easy to find a time to use this expression in everyday life.

Don't.

Why?
If you were truly stuck, there'd never be a way out. Unless you receive a jack-hammer (loads of work for potentially no escape), dynamite (injuring yourself in the process), sawing off a limb (not recommended, but it has been done), or teleport (Trekkies unite), you've immediately placed yourself in a mental position that's essentially saying, "I can't possibly get around this one. I'm really in trouble, and I don't see a way out."

People often say this, and go into a given situation with a negative mindset. Essentially, they've already given themselves a head start on a path to failure. This clouds the mind, and doesn't allow for the creative subconscious to take over and find the best path to success!

Instead, try telling yourself that you're in between an 'obstacle and a way out'. There is always a way out (evidenced by the fact that 1,000,000's of people over time have told themselves they've been stuck but have undeniably gotten themselves out of the situation.)

Just imagine if they viewed it as positive- "Wow. I'm really in a tricky spot. Let's see how I can overcome either obstacle, learn from the experience, and be better because of it!"

View any hardship with a critical eye- find out why it's in your life, how it got there, and how you can sidestep it.

And that, my friends, is the end to your hard spots.