Success impulse: Create problems for yourself!
If you're not having enough success, it may be because you're not creating enough problems for yourself! Some people may rub their eyes in wonder: "Create more problems? We already have enough of those!"
Another common comment is, "Aren't the very problems preventing us from focusing on what's important?" After all, isn't the goal to reduce and solve the problems?
Everything is right! The only thing is: Too often there is the phenomenon that people do not strive with full force towards the next level of success because they fear that this will cause them even more problems. And this is exactly the point: You will always generate problems if you change something substantially. Striving for extraordinary goals automatically generates a series of problems that you are not even thinking about today.
Just imagine the flight to Mars. Or even driverless cars. Or building a business in a new market. You will create dozens or hundreds of new problems in all these cases. So my suggestion: better have the mindset that creating problems is a positive thing. In other words, the more problems you create, the more it is a sign that you are substantially developing yourself and your team or company. Or do you think that an Elon Musk, a Richard Branson, a Steve Jobs, a Nelson Mandela, a Bertrand Piccard and many others have sought the path without problems? Probably rather the opposite!
Here comes the good news: If you generate enough momentum on the way to your great goals - and this momentum is just crucial - then many problems will virtually dissolve as soon as you deal with them. You know this from your own experience: If you personally pursue an important goal with full force, then suddenly solutions are found for obstacles that previously seemed almost insurmountable. The reason: You have built up momentum.
So next time, instead of looking for the easiest path with the lowest common denominator, ask the leadership team instead, "What big steps toward a great vision will get us into so many problems?" And then take that path! You'll be amazed at what you can accomplish.
To your problems!
To the author:
Volkmar Völzke is a success maximizer. Book author. Consultant. Coach. Speaker. www.volkmarvoelzke.ch
