Humans are often characterized by results and hence, the more results you have to present the more problems you’d be given to solve, and the more problems you can solve, the more opportunities you have to become better at what you do.
The decision to solve a problem first lies in us seeing the problem because it cannot be called a problem if it is not seen as one
Every problem at any point in time is directed towards someone (professional) solving it, so problems will always remain unsolved until someone stands to do it.
Humans were created to fix things so if you are not solving a problem, you are probably a problem yourself.
Self-discovery should be the uttermost goal of any individual, but beyond discovering yourself or your abilities, you need to be willing to fill a void and solve a problem.
Often times we experience problems and because problems come with fear, we dwell more on the fear and guess what! fear will always come with excuses and lies, either the lies we tell ourselves like I will do it tomorrow when we both know we will never get back to it, or there’s still time, you’re still young, so take things easy, etc. well that might be right but to me, if anything must be done, it should start now.
Hindrances don’t come unless an excuse exists. If you see opportunities in anything, you will always see the solutions but if all you see is fear and excuses, you will always keep yourself down!
If you are too comfortable with your present position, why would you need a change? because change in a lame’s man language means Decision/choice.
We always ask the question “Why” but only a few put in the effort to change the ‘why’ to a “How”.
Whenever you are in deep thought, scampering your head for answers, the moment you ask why, you’ve introduced uncertainty into the situation, your mind starts to get clouded, ideas start coming and in many cases, they are always wrong.
Asking why is good for identifying problems, yeah but when you dwell on it and start to get clouded, you might mostly go wrong. You must always know when to snap out and start asking “How”. That word ‘how’ comes with assurance and solution. Your brain starts to look for real answers, always working towards getting it right and in many cases, the how question leads you to better answers provided you search rightly
The more you dwell on why, the more of a complainer you’d become. Complainers are always ungrateful, and confused, and they lack a sense of accomplishment.
They never get things done rightly, and every action or reaction from them comes off as wrong or unsure leaving them more confused, personal, and unfriendly. Can you see how the mindset is wired?
A writer said Winners spend 10% of their time asking why and 90% asking How. It’s not sufficient to ask why but it’s more fulfilling to ask how. Research has shown and I believe it’s true that in solving someone's problems, yours will be solved and in the process, you will discover who you really are but if all you do is complain then you will never get anything done.
What’s the worst that can happen? you will fail at first, try again with another method, and probably still fail but then you’ve seen people do it and you believe you can and then you continued trying, checking out mentors and doing research following through and not trying to follow shortcuts because shortcuts still always lead to confusion in the future.
A problem that has been tackled severally along the way has now become a piece of cake and that’s because you stayed solving while others looked for the quickest route and at that, you cannot compare your knowledge with someone who jumped the process to the finish line. Rather than complain, try to fix it.
Change the narrative today. Start focusing on ‘How’ and use the ‘why’ only when you want to identify your problems. Don’t forget the 10% to 90% equation earlier and remember, excuses are barriers, stop creating any for yourself!
Cheers to growth! 👏🥂
