Sounds simple enough. Of course, everyone knows the best way to solve a problem is to do it yourself. Sometimes however whose problem it is becomes questionable. Well, that’s not so hard to figure out either if you think about it. Who is the problem a problem to or for? Answer that and you know who needs to assume responsibility for the problem. Of course, you may not have created or caused the problem, therefore feel someone else should take care of the problem. You may even be in a position to allocate that responsibility to someone else or even demand it from someone else and feel pretty confident that you have the problem taken care of. In truth, you added to your problem. You see what may be a problem to or for you is likely not a problem for the other person at all. Since it isn’t their problem they will most likely be a bit disgruntled having to be given the responsibility of taking care of your problem regardless of whether they are directly responsible for it or not. Having no genuine desire to fix your problem you can almost be sure the problem will not be solved with the same attention to detail you would use personally. Now your problem has compounded. The original problem still exists, the person you assigned to fix it did not do so satisfactorily so you now feel they are a problem because you can not depend on them to represent you as you would yourself. You take care of the problem yourself and feel a sense of gratification knowing the problem is solved. Don’t get too comfortable with that thought. The problem cannot truly be resolved until you take care of whatever caused you the problem in the first place. No matter what problems come up in our lives, or how much effort we make to resolve them until we deal with the cause of that problem…. The problem still exists. Problem solved.
Simply my Thoughts
Dean Butler
