Beginner's Mind... Issue 8.18.23
Fernando Lopez
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND OPERATIONS | GLOBAL LEADER specializing in forward-thinking Finance, Operations and leading People to transform into excellence. Building companies to thrive even through stormy weather.
In life, when we don’t like surprises, we call them problems. There are problems and there are PROBLEMS, like it or not they are part of life and for sure there is no warranty of a problem-free life.
The only warranty is the fact that we have the capacity to determine the meaning of a problem, that’s it!
A problem can turn into an opportunity to grow, expand or the opposite, it could be the reason why a life-changing decision is made for the good or the worst. It really is up to us.
One more thing though, problems can also be painful but if you think about it, when we reflect on top of it, we literally grow because we get to determine what changes we need to make to deal with them, and by the time it happens again then we know what to do next.
In other words, problems are opportunities to reflect, evaluate and prepare to develop skills to deal with them in the future, and to continue working on the goals we have in life.
If you think about it, this process never ends and the fulfilment is not in the attainment of goals but everything in between, specially building relationships and adding value.
Think about it.
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