Perhaps you think you have a business problem.
And so, you’re studying and struggling to figure out how to beat the competition or manage your employees better. But what if your really need is money, not a better business?
What if you just need a better personal budget or less debt, however your only tool for changing your financial status is business? If there’s a hole in your personal finances a more profitable business won’t help you.
Perhaps you think you have money problems.
You’ve got stress and conflict in your home that normally surrounds finances. So you work extra hours or spend all your free time looking and applying for new jobs. But what if the stress and irritation really comes from lack of sleep and a bad diet? Or what if you’re simply too busy and just not spending quality time with loved ones?
Could you be spending all your energy solving problems that are really symptoms to something deeper?
Perhaps you lack ideas or the drive move your life forward.
So you’re continually visiting churches, reading new books or always listening to podcasts. Your mind seems to need a jolt of inspiration or a creative strategy.
But what if you already have what you need but you’re addicted to the search for novelty? Instead of always adding you need to subtract. Remove all the extras, the temporary and superficial so that what remains is the essential.
I think we can exert much energy solving problems that don’t need solving. I know I have.
Just because we’re active doesn’t mean we’re productive.
Just because we’re in motion, doesn’t mean we’re taking new territory.
It’s like the story Stephen Covey says in the 7 Habits book about managers and leaders. The manager will take a group that’s cutting down trees in the forest, supply the water, sharpen the saws, and rotate the people for maximum efficiency. But the leader is the one who stop, climbs up the tallest tree, survey the land and yell, “Wrong Forest!”
If you’re listing out new goals for 2015 and hoping to see growth and fulfillment. I encourage you to think critically and look introspectively.
Perhaps there’s a different forest where you should be exerting your effort.
Perhaps you already have what you need and you just need to value it and stop neglecting it.
Create a Great Day!
Arvell