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Creator Vs Problem Solver

As long as you see yourself as a problem solver, you’ll only look for problems.

As long as others see you as problem solvers, they’ll only bring you problems.

Surround yourself with people who support you, support what you are doing, and root for your success. Avoid people who do not support you, do not understand you, do not like you, do not wish you well, and would like nothing better than to watch you fall on your ass. Your world is made up of people who are on your side, those who are neutral, and those who are not on your side. – Robert Fritz

Problems are a fact of life. The difference between how the 8% and the rest approach a problem is different.

The most successful are “Solution” minded. They look to “Create” rather than “Eliminate”.

Their worldview is different. They are holistic thinkers (Divergents?). They think strategically – as a master chess player.

They always think “Forward” – Begin with the End in Mind.

Problem solver thinkers are always oriented toward the past.

At the very heart of “Solution Creators” is – Seek First to Understand.

Humankind’s greatest achievements have come from the greatest thinkers – the 8%, questioning the accepted assumptions at the time.

Copernicus refusing to accept the sun revolves around the earth.

Founding Fathers refusing to accept that any kind of monarchy was the best form of government.

Henry Ford refusing to accept the notion that goods could not be produced in mass quantities (also the V8 story).

Ed Land and the Polaroid camera.

Every problem is Unique:

The people are always different – Culture and values
The PURPOSEs to be accomplished are different
The technology appropriate to the solutions is likely different.

Solutions need to be tailored to the wants, needs, feelings, and emotions of the people involved in the solutions and implementation.

We are created in the image of God.

God is a creator not a problem solver.

Our nature then is to be a creator.

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Simplify: Dig your well before you’re thirsty.

Simplify

How would you benefit by knowing, with absolute clarity, who your ideal customers and/or employees are, where they are, how you can reach them and what you need to say to them that sets you apart from your competitors.

Think about this: What would it feel like to have all of these things?
• Less unanticipated problems which will mean less headaches and less stress
• Consistently improving results which will mean consistently improving income and cash flow
• Relationships of trust with every employee, vendor, customer and client.
• Customized Simple Solutions that work for you. Every business and owner is unique.
• Personal 1-on-1 mentoring where you can rely on someone with Competence and Character to help you to ask the right questions, come up with the right solutions, to help you anticipate problems before they happen.

What would your life be like a year from now if you were achieving one of the following:
1. The same results you are now getting but with less time, effort and/or money invested on your part.
Or
2. Better results with the same amount of time, effort and/or money invested on your part.
Or
3. Better results with less time, effort and/or money invested on your part
Or…
4. You might choose to spend more in time, effort and/or money and absolutely DOMINATE your competition.

The best way to accomplish this is to simplify your business – the principle of simplicity or 80/20.

That is not a simple thing to do nor is it easy and almost impossible to do on your own.

If it were easy, everyone would do it and it’s almost impossible to do from the inside. By that I mean it is very difficult to recognize, diagnose and prescribe solutions for yourself.

Simplification always looks obvious after it’s done…but never before.

It’s almost impossible to re-invent from the inside out, because a fish in water can’t see the water for what it is.

Most (ailing) organizations are not suffering because they cannot resolve their problems but because they cannot see their problems.” – John Gardner

Here are 3 Essential Questions you need answers to when creating a Simple Solution:

Since every business, it’s culture and owner is UNIQUE you need to ask: How do we treat every problem, person or situation as UNIQUE? Solutions, whether created from scratch or swiped from a “Best Practice” approach, have to be made to Fit the Culture and Structure of each individual organization. Solutions need to be tailored to the uniqueness of the problem, people and situation.
To create the desired solution, what forward-thinking, 3rd alternative and purposeful Information do we need in order to create a future living solution?
How can we think Structurally about the Solution? In other words, how can we make sure that the solution we come up with fits into the current structure of the business – uses the same language, fits the culture, people, systems, worldview, etc…

The attitude that leads to breakthroughs in your business is: You want to become an expert in the solution rather than the in the problem.

A good business coach or consultant will help you to dig your well before you’re thirsty.

Let us be what your competitors can’t afford on their own – your virtual marketing department.

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Narrow Vs Broad Way

Have you noticed that it’s always the road less traveled, the Narrow Path (Matthew 7:14) that leads to life?

Everyone chooses a path in life – one is the well-traveled road of the mob which always leads to the ho-hum of mediocrity (and even meanness & tyranny) and the other leads to some form of greatness and meaning.

The path to greatness is a sequential growth from the Inside out.

The narrow way is where you find your true identity, your own “voice” of uniqueness and in doing so you inspire others to find their own “voice”.

Those who take the narrow path to greatness and meaning rise above the mob mentality and CHOOSE to become their own creative force in their lives.

Our power to discover our own Voice lies in the potential of the gifts God gave all of us at birth. Our birth-Gifts.

We are all born in the image of God our Creator with the aspiration To Live, To Love, To Learn, and To Leave a Legacy

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~ Robert Frost.

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