Don’t focus on your problems.
Focus on your dreams instead.
Dan Baker gives a mathematical explanation why focusing on our problems doesn’t work.
Imagine that because of your problem, you’re a -10.
In trying to fix your problem, you’re trying to move back to 0.
From my experience, this is slow.
Because fixing problems is tiring.
Perhaps after a few months, you’d be able to raise yourself from a -10 to an -8. And then after a few months, you’ll be able to inch your way to a -7. And so on.
Here’s a better way: Don’t focus on your problem. Focus on your dream.
When you do, you leapfrog from a -10 to a +10. You bypass 0! Why? Because dreams excite. Big dreams attract more energy, more attention, and more resources.
I gave this message in a talk.
As props for my talk, I asked my staff to get me a bunch of old newspapers and divide them into two piles. Based on their headlines, I asked them to separate them into “Good News” and “Bad News” piles.
I guess you know what happened.
I got a really tall pile of Bad News, and an almost non-existent pile of Good News. Because Media sells Bad News.
We’ve been trained to focus on our Bad News.
Once, I gave a seminar to 200 Store Managers of a clothing company. I told them to stop reading the newspaper (figuratively). Because all they read are about is negative: the financial crisis, companies closing down, and people losing their jobs… It’s so depressing, they’ll be opening their stores saying, “Oh boy, no one will come in and buy our clothes…” And when someone does enter their store, they’ll say to themselves, “She’s just going to look. She won’t buy…”
When you focus on your problems, you have tunnel vision. Like a horse with blinders. You miss out on the fantastic opportunities for expansion and blessing outside your narrow vision.
Here’s a business tip for entrepreneurs: Don’t just solve problems. Focus on your dreams. Solving your problems becomes part of reaching for your dreams–but you do it with passion and excitement!
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
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