What're all these PROBLEMS about in my life right now?
Randall Chesnutt
We provide automation & AI consulting for mid-size businesses, helping streamline operations and boost growth through custom automation & AI solutions.
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." - Albert Einstein
Okay so your thinking, I don’t have a problem? Who says I'm having problems? Well, if you think about it, the reality is we all find ourselves at some point having to deal with problems. In life we are, either in the middle of a problem, coming out of handling a problem, or headed for a problem. It's just part of being human.
If you're like everyone else that has ever walked on this planet, you're going to have things go wrong in your life. How you handle these challenges are what builds character. When life throws you a curve ball and it will at some point. The first thing you'll want to do is Identify the problem.
When I say identifying the problem, I mean REALLY drill down and find specifically what's wrong with your life.
In fact sometimes when you do this, you may find that what's making you feel so unhappy with the way your life is right now may NOT be the problem you thought it was.
So draw up a list of everything you're not happy with and would like to transform for the better. Possible areas include your job, relationships, health, weight, fitness and any other things you're not happy about. Write it all down, then use the 5 whys technique to drill down to find the root cause.
The 5 Whys technique is where you ask yourself why is this? five times in a row.
For example, let's say you have a weight problem.
Why? Because you're comfort eating.
Why? Because you and your spouse are fighting all the time.
Why? Because she/he doesn't like where you live.
Why do you live there? Because we can't afford to move to a better neighborhood.
Why is that? Because you keep getting passed over for promotion at work and don't make enough money.
See what I mean?
In this example, you can see that the problem ISN'T really a weight problem, but a work problem.
Now use the 5 whys again to find out why you're not getting promoted.
Write down everything that's wrong with life right now, and work out what the single biggest problem is. My hope is that this article will do for you what it did for me and many others, get the root of the problem and start solving it.
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