3 Very Simple Ways To Solve All Your Problems

Living happily and successfully is mostly a matter of how you solve all your problems.  My objective in this very brief post is to show you 3 powerful problem-solving attitudes.  They are:

1. Avoid a quick-fix and jerky approach towards solving your problems.
2. Determine the specific underlying causes of your problems.
3. Diligently implement solutions that address the roots of your problems.

Avoid a quick-fix and jerky approach towards solving your problems

This is because quick-fixes and jerky solutions are often deceptively dangerous, and could ultimately have unforeseeable fatal consequences.  I mean, you could be jumping from the frying pan into the fire.  In other words, in the bid to escape the immediate dangers and pain posed by current problems, avoid quick-fixes, short-cuts, and jerky solutions that could ultimately plunge you into greater pain and anguish.

If, for instance, you’ve been sliding steadily and rapidly into financial debts and are now at the brink of total economic ruin, you might be tempted to embrace jerky, impulsive, spontaneous, and short-term solutions such as:

• Borrow more money in the pseudo-optimistic hope that ‘somehow’ you’ll pay up in the future.
• Get another job.  You should have known by now that more money is never an enduring solution to the problem of endemic debt.
• Fall for any of the numerous get-rich-quick-while-you-sleep investment scams available today.

The list of quick-fixes that could lure you into long-term financial slavery is practically endless.  Your current economic scenario might be gloomy and life-threatening, yet you must resist the temptation to adopt a knee-jerk response and rather seek for durable solutions.

Life is an art, and successful living requires a skilful approach to the art of living.  Quick-fixes, jerky responses, and short-cuts are not the way to go.  They are neither artful, nor graceful, and ultimately can actually be quite destructive.

If you are currently trapped in a deteriorating debt, weight, or any other situation, I encourage you first of all to not lose hope.  It is always very important to have hope.  Never lose your hope and dreams of a better tomorrow.

However, you must mix hope with a fundamentalist and pragmatic approach to problem-solving, based on a thorough appreciation of the underlying causes  and coupled with a long-term perspective.

Determine the specific underlying causes of your problems

For instance, why are you trapped in debt?  The answer to that question could be one or more of the following:

• Un-planned and spontaneous buying of unnecessary, and even necessary commodities.
• A low self-esteem that leads to trying to keep up with the Joneses.
• Failure to develop and monetize your unique set of talents and skills.
• Selfishness – the number one cause of poverty and lack.
• Insufficient cash flow.

Any of the circumstance above could result in endemic personal debt and lack.  Take time to determine what is responsible for your particular situation.

Or, if you are faced with a weight situation, then you need to determine why you are gaining weight.   Most weight problems, except for those associated with genetic ill health conditions, are products of bad habits.  Yet, rather than address the roots of the problem such as bad eating habits, inadequate exercising and rest, most people would rather go for dangerous quick-fixes like the so-called magic drugs, diets, and surgeries.

A lot of us would spend our scarce and diminishing resources seeking help from so-called experts, when all we really need is to come to terms with ourselves, and our problems will  evaporate as ‘mysteriously’ as they came.

Diligently implement solutions that address the roots of your problems

Of course, when you determine the exact causes of your problem(s), you must diligently implement suitable solutions.

The most important thing, however, is to understand why the problem came in the first case, and why it’s recurring.  A comprehensive appreciation of the underlying causes of your problems is a very powerful awareness that puts you in a more strategic position to create effective solutions.