Dealing With Problems

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. - Lucius Seneca (3-65) To cut down on worrying about making a decision, analyze the situation, determine what must be done and carry it out. In writing or on your PC: Get all the facts. Describe the problem in detail. List all the possible solutions. List the advantages and disadvantages of each. Detail what you will do. Follow through. With personal and work problems, consider all viewpoints, even those you initially do not want ...

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. - Lucius Seneca (3-65)

To cut down on worrying about making a decision, analyze the situation, determine what must be done and carry it out. In writing or on your PC:

Get all the facts.
Describe the problem in detail.
List all the possible solutions.
List the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Detail what you will do.
Follow through.

With personal and work problems, consider all viewpoints, even those you initially do not want to consider. Take step one and move slowly to complete the first task, after which the next steps will become easier. Don't mountain climb over molehills.

"Our plans miscarry if they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind." Lucius Seneca (3-65)

Often we will still worry after the decision is made, which of course is of no help at all.

"When once a decision is made and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome." - William James (1842-1910)

Rejection can be an unpleasant experience, but it just lets us know that we are imperfect human beings, and it is a chance to learn something. We have to let it go by as easily as we can and confidently carry on.

"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." - Aristotle (BC)

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