Watch out for phony or easy solutions to complex problems. When you spot a quack, duck.
Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our lives. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. Realistically, the more problems we have and the larger they are, the greater our values to our employer.
Of course, some problems are small, like opening a ketchup bottle. Others are monumental, like a seriously ill or injured child or mate, which presents ongoing, daily complications. Successful living comes when we learn to handle those business and personal problems with as little fanfare as possible. The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip. He or she makes quick and final decisions as a result of years of experience. The homemaker with small children at home handles many "catastrophes" each hour with the same dispatch.
Many people use counterproductive methods to deal with problems:
1) They refuse to recognize them,
2) deny responsibility for them,
3) pretend they will go away if they ignore them, or are
4) just flat insensitive to them.
The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist. Next, we determine whether the problem is our responsibility. If the answer is yes, we must determine how serious and/or urgent it is. When that last determination is made, we either take immediate action if the problem is simple and quickly solvable or develop a plan of action and prioritize it if the solution is more difficult and time-consuming.
KEY POINTS:
1) Recognize that problem does exist
2) Determine whether the problem is our responsibility
3) Determine how serious and/or urgent the problem is
4) Take immediate action if the problem is simple and quickly solvable or develop a plan of action and prioritize it if the solution is more difficult and time-consuming.
Problem solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder. I encourage you to take the time to define the problem correctly, learn the skill or quick analysis and remember, if it weren't for problems in your life, your position might not be necessary in the first place. Ironing out the wrinkles and solving the problems are what most jobs are about.
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Just for laugh
Small boy to mom: "You should be proud you have a child with enough guts to bring home a report card like that. Besides, you know I didn't cheat."
Apply the key points not just for yourself, but also teach them to your children. Children do also face with many problems. They need to learn how to overcome their problems, if not, they may run away from the problems in the future. Some of the problems they face includes:
1) Friendship issues
2) Bullying
3) School homeworks; exams; activities
4) How to pack their bags
Etc.
Teach them today, and they will be able to overcome in the future.
