638 Words About Using Problems
Stuff and Thangs.
Random thought I had today:
Every problem is an opportunity. Every complaint is a chance.
Think about this for a moment. How many times do you jump on the internet and somebody is complaining about something? Someone is trying to let you know about the latest problem surrounding THIS or THAT.
It happens all the time.
It happens so much, I know many people that have sworn off all news AND social media.
But I was thinking about it today. And you’ve heard it before, but it’s one of those things that you hear so much, it becomes a cliché and loses its perceived power as an idea…
…except it hasn’t lost its usefulness.
When someone complains about something, they are telling you a problem that many people have. Especially when you see them getting a lot of attention.
At the very least a problem that gets a lot of attention is worth talking about just to skim some of that attention off the top. But that simple act is literally taking advantage of the problem presented.
Today I was complaining about how I have too much to do. I mean, I was really feeling sorry for myself about it. I have all this stuff to do for my business…
…and then I had real life stuff to do as well. It seemed like there is just, you know, no rest for the weary sometimes.
And I was sitting there in my garage, thinking about the 5 hours I had just put into my business, and how I didn’t feel like I had really gotten enough done…
…and I was looking around at how my yard needs mowed, and new mulch needs laid in the mulch beds, and how I needed to run like three errands, just really feeling sorry for myself on this kind of, MAN it never ends, kind of vibe…
But then it occurred to me that I built this whole thing. The business. The house. The yard. The stuff to do. None of it happened without me. If I can build it…
…and it somehow has ended up in this really hectic place that I don’t really enjoy…
…then why can’t I just rebuild it in a different way? There is no reason. Only fear.
We get comfortable and fear keeps us from changing things around. But I was thinking about all that and I was realizing that without changing my thought process…
…without stepping outside of this idea that everything is hectic and stressful and kind of just feeling sorry for myself about it…
…I wouldn't have seen that opportunity to redesign the business.
I guess in that way, every problem could potentially be a gift. As entrepreneurs we are ALWAYS Looking for problems to solve for other people.
Sometimes we forget.
As I write this to you, I see people are “very, very upset” about some Sabrina Carpenter album cover, where this pop star is on all fours like a dog.
Got all these virtue signaling feminists in quite a tizzy. Well, every problem is an opportunity.
A couple days ago everyone was in an uproar about this music producer, Timbaland announcing his new A.I. music production company, and his first A.I. artist…some creature named “Tata…”
But do I really care about Sabrina posing like a dog? Nope. Bet there is an opportunity in there for me if I want it.
Do I really give two rats behinds in a blizzard about Timbaland’s pet A.I.? Not going to affect me one bit. I could probably talk about it though and skim a little attention.
That’s what I say.
Every problem is an opportunity. Every complaint is a chance.
You think about it. See if that doesn’t brighten the world up a little bit for you.
That’s all I got.