CULTIVATING GROWTH MINDSET
A leader demonstrating to the new employee what she should do in the office Credit/QOH
Obstacles
In
a typical normal life, you will not live without facing challenges. There will
be several obstacles on the way, which you must overcome. Your destination will
not be complete without an obstacle that will disrupt normal flow of events.
The obstacles will not be easy. You will perhaps not have readily available
solutions to these challenges. Being in a position that creates impasse is
threatening. You will struggle along the way. You will get frustrated. You will
want to give up. Maybe even hide. But you must face your reality. You must come
to terms with what is happening now in your life. Acknowledge the problems. And
if, indeed, progress must be registered, you will be forced to do what you
don’t want to do. Find solutions. Solutions you could not have right now. But still, look at the obstacles in the eye.
Think
about how serious they are to you. The threats they are likely to introduce to
your life, and the mess that they will create if, not dealt with correctly. The
problems could be making you feel sad. They could be breaking you in the
inside. You could be feeling like making one loud scream. Obstacles make you
hate yourself. You ask a lot of questions. Why now when you had great plans for
your future? I mean, obstacles disorient you. They make you helpless and
everything around you painful. But you must come out of this mourning season.
You need to start pondering of how you will get out alive. Feel the pain. Get
frustrated, and even cry. But do not allow these emotions of anger and
disappointment drive you out of control. You need to think like a leader. A
leader does not remain seated when facing problems. A leader takes action.
A
leader works for solutions. A leader does not settle. A leader does not
tolerate defeat. A leader takes on the weight of the problem even when these
problems are usurping every little energy he/she has. A leader could be
demotivated but he/she keeps moving. You don’t stop. You find pathways to make
progress even in the darkest days. Don’t take punches from obstacles and remain
there. Even when the situation looks bad, you just can’t settle. Even when you
think you are going to lose everything. Even when you see no way out, still
think like a leader. Even when you want to give up, don’t allow obstacles to
hold you down. Even when the obstacles think they got you good this time round,
keep pushing. Keep fighting. Even when you have run out of solutions. You want
to get to your destination. You want your financial freedom back. You want your
health back. You want your growth back.
Introduce a Business Approach
There
is a beautiful life ahead you want. You had plans. You had dreams. Don’t allow
the mountain of challenges to distract you. You are in pain but the journey
must continue. Make a decision to continue. Decide to make progress despite
what you are feeling and what circumstances are telling you. Defy the odds.
Give your problems a business approach. Think like a leader. You are not going
down without a fight. You are going to fight for your survival. You are going
to fight for your market share. You will not let your competition (obstacles)
drive you out of business. Problems will not throw you off course. You are
going to find solutions to these problems. A leader is not scared of running
into problems. A leader should be prepared. You need to start thinking. Think
about ideal ways to solve problems.
I
understand that challenges could have taken a toll on your energy and
motivation, but fight one more time. If, you have anything that you don’t like
right now in your life. It is time to confront that thing. Confront the
possibility of you going bankrupt. Confront your business problems. Confront
those personal problems. Anything you are struggling with right not. Don’t let
it eat into your energy. Face it. Ascertain the impact that is causing in your
life. Determine how difficult it is to solve it. Think about where you want to
begin attacking the problem. Does this issue look like something you have
encountered before or is this issue too serious and nothing you have dealt with
before? Look at it using a 3600 approach. Give it a wide
perspective. Explore all means to a possible solution. Don’t leave any chance.
Don’t
just talk about it. Talk and think at the same time. This is an emergency. It
needs an action right now. The emergency could be tough but don’t say you
cannot solve it. There must be a way. You want to level up a little bit. You
want to find a solution. The beauty of giving your problems a business approach,
is that the approach allows you to see the problem as it is. Big or small and
its consequences if it goes unsolved. You need these types of eyes, when facing
difficult moments. Don’t allow the darkness in the moment to blind you. Use the
business approach to make the load easier. What new ways can best fit this
challenge? What are these obstacles teaching you? How did you get here? By
reconstructing the whole event, you also learn to admit your role in the
problem. The things that you neglected on the way. When you begin to think like
this, you are on the right path to eventually find a solution.
Now Think of a Strategy
The
mere fact that you have analyzed them does not mean obstacles will wither on
their own. You need to work for a real solution that will fix each one of them.
So, think of the best way to solve them. Is the perfect approach fixing them
alone like last time or seek collaboration? What do you think is missing in the
solution you are thinking about? Or even maybe, the best strategy is for you to
get out of the way and allow somebody else to step in. If, the problem is
calling for more than a miracle, then it is time to go massive. Go radical. Ask
for help. Find someone who is better than you. A person that is well equipped
and experienced with these types of problems. Maybe, the best strategy to
eventually find the lasting solution is for you to admit that the problem is
way beyond your power. You are no longer the star in your own movie.
You
are going to partner with someone else. Someone who is stronger than you.
Identify the stronger person you need to partner with. Approach the person and
make your case. Don’t be ashamed that you could not do it. Don’t allow your ego
to stand in the way. You are vulnerable right now. You need something like
this. A strong partnership. Letting another person take it up is a mark of
maturity. It is not a sign of weakness. It only shows that you know your
limits. That you know when your strength is not enough. You know the right time
to call for help. You know that you are not capable right now but someone else
is capable right now. You are not the right person. And you need to make
progress. Forget about everything. Go for your solutions. Allow the better
equipped individual to takeover. You trust this person.
The
person has your best interest at heart. So, don’t worry about being vulnerable.
Just tell the person that he/she is your best last hope. You got nowhere else
to go. The individual is the best and right person for this obstacles. So the
person must fix you. The collaboration strategy untangles you from failure. The
strategy frees you. It gives you a moment to breathe. You stop worrying too
much. You now have the right person on your side. Your problems are going to be
fixed. The solutions might not be one straight line, but at least you are
relieved. You are no longer shouldering the whole weight. The right person is helping.
You can now have some sleep. You no longer face the threat of losing
everything. The rescue will get you back on track. You will accomplish your
dream. You will get to your destination. Your plans will work.
If,
you have anything at all, that is bothering you now. And you feel that you have
tried everything you know. Implement this strategy. Invite a third-party you
trust and know has solutions to the type of problem you have. Talk with a
leader. Approach a problem-solver. Talk to a strategic thinker. Force yourself
to take action. Let your action be drastic. Make decisions you have never made
before. Make difficult decisions. Be extreme about these obstacles. These
obstacles do not have control over you. They don’t run you. You run your life.
You are in charge. Therefore, calling for help from a third-party is the right
leadership call. Work with the third-party. Trust the direction the third-party
develops for your problems. Don’t get in the way. Allow the third-party to fix
your problems. You are in good hands.
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