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The Key to Solving a Problem: Turn it Into a Project

Dave Beam



     When I say the word problem, how do you feel?  Probably not too good.  If I called you and told you I had a bunch of problems to give you, you wouldn’t be real excited and be thanking me.  Who wants more problems?  I am offering you an alternate way to view problems.  You can view problems as beautiful gifts that you can enjoy solving!

 

     The problem is not the problem.  It is all the ugly clothes and trashy stories that you attach to a problem that makes it repulsive and unpleasant.  Polyester leisure suits like procrastination, and overwhelm; tacky t-shirts of resentment, and unfairness; degraded stories of blame and denial.   It’s how we adorn our problems that make them ugly and depressing.

 

     So today, I challenge you to turn on the music and perform a strip tease!  Take a hold of that problem that’s been hanging around, and strip off all those nasty stories (your drama, your feelings, your embellishments).  You will be left with a simple, naked set of circumstances; a puzzle that needs solved.  Problems stripped of our stories are just entertaining challenges.  They are a challenging game.  They are an opportunity to exercise our minds and engage our creativity.  They offer rewards and great feelings of accomplishment once we solve them.  They are a primary means for us to grow, move forward, improve and prosper.

 

     So just do it now.  Reach up and grab that problem that is hanging over your head, and eating your lunch, and robbing your sleep, and strip it naked.  Rip off all of those nasty stories about that problem, and flush them down the drain.  Dispose of all the excuses, the blame, the procrastination, the overwhelm, the resentment, and the drama.  All that garbage is just unnecessary head trash.  Now look at what you have left.  You have the raw material for a project.

  

      For projects to be fun, they must be planned and executed.  Projects are entertaining and challenging. They get us into action and engaged.  Step one is to decide what you want to create.  How do you want it to turn out?  Once you decide what you want, then put together a checklist of action steps and go to work.  While you’re working, you will likely think of even better ways to move toward your goal.  It’s always a work in progress.  The joy is that you are off the couch, away from the television and bag of chips, and having fun creating an exciting outcome.  It’s even more fun when you get some other people involved.  And oh the party and celebration when it’s complete!

 

     So grab that problem, strip off all of those stinky stories and beliefs, and create a project and get up and start having some fun. 

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