Are You Resilient?
Are You Resilient?
How to solve problems.
If there’s one thing that most entrepreneurs can agree on, it’s that owning your own business will give you plenty of opportunities to solve problems. Some people work great up until the point they reach a problem. For some, it derails them. For others, it frustrates them and for others, it just slows them down for a time. There are even some people for whom problems motivate them. They love looking for answers and solutions. In which one of these groups do you belong?
One of the most powerful qualities of successful problem solvers is resiliency. Resiliency is defined as the ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change. A big part of using resiliency to your advantage is accepting the fact that things are not going to go your way in the first place. It seems that most people start out with idealistic optimism until they encounter a problem. Resilient people anticipate problems and expect them. When these people hit a bump in the road, they are ready for it, minimalize its impact, and keep right on rolling along.
If problems derail you when you experience them, ask yourself why you didn’t anticipate them in the first place. As John Maxwell says, “You’re allowed to be surprised once. After that, you’re just unprepared.”
You can train yourself to be resilient by practicing problem-solving. I once interviewed a young woman whose older brother would come home from school every day before her and plant a virus in her computer and then shut it off. Her job was to turn it on, figure out what he did, and then learn how to remove it. She became an excellent at troubleshooting computer problems.
You can do the same thing in your field of expertise. Have someone practice with you by throwing potential problems at you for you to solve. After you’ve come up with a solution, the two of you can brainstorm on how practical your solution was. As with any skill, the more time you spend honing it and developing it, the better you will become at it.
“A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience.” – Grant Fairley
(This excerpt is taken from my seminar entitled The Fine Art of Problem Solving) I encourage you to click here to register for my all new, exclusive live The Fine Art of Problem Solving seminar on Thursday, August 4, 2022 from 9 AM to 12 noon Eastern Standard Time at Melhorn Manor in Mount Joy, PA. The seminar will also be available through live streaming.
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