Do not be quick to label anything as a problem!
Do not be quick to label anything
as a problem and be careful what you label as a problem, because it will take
up the ugly nature of all the characteristics you assign to it. It will then move
to position itself as something you must solve. It will become not just a
problem, but your problem!
It is better to examine a
situation as an issue, a happening or an occurrence. This will allow you to obtain
and objectively evaluate the matter with all the facts and verifiable findings
that surround the situation. This will give you insights on all the possible options,
opportunities and openings that led to the situation and lead out of the
situation before you move to resolve the matter. By taking a “step back”, you
will find that a matter can be solved in a hundred ways. However, you will be
sufficiently informed to design an approach to resolve the matter for good.
On the other hand, if you rush to
subjectively label the matter as a problem, you must immediately come up with a
solution. The word “problem” is a summative statement of judgement that does
not allow you to see any good or allow you to look beyond the matter that you
have labelled a problem. Indeed, it is possible to solve problems without resolving
the issues that bring them about. The net effect of rushing to define something
as a problem is that the problem recurs for you to solve again and again
because the matter is not resolved.
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