99 PROBLEMS

Let’s say you got an XYZ problem. Do you know the solution? Yes? Well and good. Write it down and work on it. Problem solved. It’s easy as that.

Now let’s say you have an (XYZ)2 problem and you got no solution and with time the frustration is just growing. And it keeps on growing if you keep it that way. So what to do in such situations? It’s easy. (Everything is easy, people complicate it.)

All you have to do is first clear your mind (meditate for a few minutes or any other thing that’ll help you.) Next, get a piece of paper and brainstorm; on the solution & not the problem. There’s a very thin line in between, so stay alert. Now, the solution could be good, bad, worse, very bad or very good. It doesn’t matter, put everything down on paper. Once you are done with your 15-30 mins of brainstorming, STOP. You have to stop or your brainstorming could end up into a pessimistic complaining session real quick.

You are almost there. The hard part is over. Now you have a bunch of solutions with you, and like it or not, you have to choose one of them and work on it, AND IT HAS TO BE NOW! No procrastination, remember?

If you wish to make it easy to decide you can rate your solutions depending on the damage they would do, the ease of doing them, the time they take and any other factors that may be important for you.  

Why is damage a factor?

Because the problems that you are stuck on usually have a solution that does a certain amount of damage to you, which you are afraid to suffer so you have delayed the problem which is actually doing no good to you. Sometimes, no most of the time, no ALWAYS, it’s always important to cut losses because your problem’s going to multiply. It’s not a stock you have invested in to wait and gain a profit, but IT’S A PROBLEM!  

 So now, at last, you have decided/chosen the solution for your problem? Alright! DO IT. SUFFER THE LOSS. MOVE ON.

IT’S EASY ENOUGH, RIGHT? WELL, OF COURSE, BECAUSE I MAKE SURE IT IS. 

Location: Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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