There should be a burning desire to win post the setting of a valuable and achievable goal. It is the ability to envision the goal and the perks of achieving it that drive us to overcome the difficulties we face in the journey.
I was preparing for CAT while working and there was a corporate tournament of caroms that came up. I wanted to qualify for the tournament and win the same while not compromising my work and preparation schedule. Lack of time and energy was the by default hurdle. I planned my time to accommodate all 3 and had set my priorities right. Practice makes a man perfect but not any man. He should have the right attitude towards achieving the goal too. I couldn’t stick to the schedule prepared by me strictly which lead to compromises based on the priority. My mock test scores fell, and I had to readjust the prepared schedule to cope with the same. Not getting dejected with the results thinking all the efforts were in vain took me nowhere. Action and attitude are what matter the most. In the end the efforts bore fruit and I had successfully cleared the exam with a decent percentile, won the third place (not the first I know) and managed to work all the same.
The extent of a problem that bothers us is only to the extent we allow it to be so. Thus planned, consistent and relevant action towards a clearly defined goal was how I had overcome the challenges in my life.