MESSAGE #133 - PART V: THE PROBLEM WITH PROBLEMS

This is the fifth and final installment in the special series, “The Most Important Decision You’ll Ever Make.”

“If you have a pulse, you have a problem.” -- Oprah

One thing we all have in common is problems.

The interesting thing about problems is:

The problem isn’t the problem . . .

how you handle the problem – that’s the problem.

You have a decision to make when you have a problem:

Are you going to get frustrated or fascinated?

Frustration makes things worse.

Fascination makes things work.

Thomas Edison failed at his first 10,000 attempts to invent the light bulb.

When asked how he dealt with 10,000 failures, Edison said, “I didn’t fail 10,000 times, I learned 10,000 ways how not to invent a light bulb.”

If Edison got frustrated that would have led to failure. He got fascinated and that led to breakthroughs.

The most important decision you’ll ever make is:

ARE YOU GOING TO BE:

IN IT

OR

INTO IT?

The most important decision you’ll ever make when dealing with a problem is:

ARE YOU GOING TO GET:

FRUSTRATED

OR

FASCINATED?

Frustration = IN

FASCINATION = INTO

“FASCINATION” beats “FRUSTRATION” every single time.

“INTO” beats “IN” every single time.

Get fascinated not frustrated because if you’re fascinated you’ll be “INTO IT!”

Rob Gilbert