What do you see? Problems or Opportunities

Problems are just opportunities in disguise which most of the time require hard work before you can realize them.

Too often we only see the glass as half empty, never realizing that the glass is also half full. When you focus on the problem, everything that can be wrong will be more evident but if you take a second to shift your attention to the opportunities that lie beneath the problem, solutions will begin to appear.

The first step in turning your problems into opportunities is to believe that you can. Every battle in your life is either lost or won first in your mind. you have to have a positive mindset at all times and believe in yourself.  Most people do not get what they want simply because they believe they can't have it. Once you get your mind in a positive state, you will only be thinking of solutions each time a problem appears. Also you will have the right attitude to attack the problem which is very important.

Second, shift your focus on the opportunities that lie beneath the problem. When you focus on the problem, the problem become bigger. Don't spend time talking about the problems, talk about the opportunities, the more you talk about the opportunities the more solutions will appear.

Third, let the problem motivate or inspire you. I heard the story of a 28 year old woman who bought a pair of pants for $89. This happened over 14 years ago. The pants annoyed her so much because every undergarment she wore showed through. The thick waistband caused a ripple and the legs made a rumple. This young woman was Sarah Blakely, founder of Spanx. Her frustrations inspired her which led her to create the first prototype of her billion dollar product, Spanx by cutting off the feet from a pair of a traditional pantyhose. She basically turned a problem into a billion dollar opportunity.

Last but not least, take an action on the opportunity. I heard the story of a man who spent over $800 hiring a private driver for one night, thou rich at the time he felt that was too much to spend on a taxi service. He starting thinking of ways to bring down the cost of black car services and thats how the concept of Uber was born. He acted on the opportunities he could see and as of date, Uber is used in almost every major country of the world.  Problems will always come up in life, its how you view them that matters.

Regards

Adey,