Focus On The Opportunity Rather Than The Problem

When you are stuck with a problem, you can move forward by shifting your mindset. 

Consider the following diagram where the Problem is overwhelming and has left U hanging in the air.

However, by shifting the fulcrum of your Mindset so as to provide more leverage, U will be able to uplift the Problem as per the following illustration:-

An example of shifting your mindset would be to focus on the opportunity which a problem present rather than be tormented by it. 

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It is the same problem, but a positive take along the lines of 'What can I learn from this?' and 'Solving this problem will bring forth tangible benefits' would be more constructive than wallowing in self-pity ('Why me?') or despair ('Sigh, why is this happening again?').

Another change of mindset would be to actually make yourself happy because the problem does not constrain or limit you. You will maintain a happy disposition throughout each day no matter what life throws at you. What's the problem? It can be solved. Got problem? Bring it on. I am going to slay this monster for good, and move on.

When confronted with problems on multiple fronts, an example of a change in mindset would be to compartmentalise them. Imagine going into your workshop and placing each of your five baskets of problems on each of the five workstations there. Then decide which basket of problem to tackle first and focus on it till it is resolved. Do not be like the lion in a circus which suffers from paralysis when faced with a five-legged stool.

Keep learning and expand your mindset so that you can shift your mindset to tackle whatsoever problem which comes to test you (and make you stronger). You hold the answers to your problems, including the trump card of knowing where to find the help you need. 

By the way, you may find helpful ideas from the blog feeds of Stunning Motivation, Lifehack and Addicted 2 Success on the top-right of this blog. 

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Reach Out In Your Struggle

There is no room for shame when you are struggling in life and in need of help. The main fight now is not to give up but to reach out and find help. 

You are not alone. What you are going through, someone somewhere else has likely gone through something similar, though not identical. 

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The bottomline is that change is constant and your ordeal has its time and season, before it fades away. For example, you may be pulling an all-nighter just to meet tomorrow's deadline or down with chicken pox and quarantined.

There is help from Tim Denning in his article "My Message to Those Who Are Struggling" with the following nuggets:

1. Become More

2. Do More

3. Travel More

4. Be Happy With Now

5. Struggle Together

Click here for Tim Denning's "My Message To Those Who Are Struggling".

Your struggle will only make you stronger along the vein of 'what doesn't kill you will make you stronger'. It is a tough way to grow, but you are refined by it to be more tenacious and persevering a la building mental muscle, if you will. Consider it free training or workout, upon hindsight.

Daily Refreshing recommends that you invest some time to read a book such as literature, novel or biography so that you can identify yourself to the struggles of other people and see how they find the courage to go about solving their problems and/or achieving their goals. Yes, Chicken Soup For The Soul would be suitable, too.

Click here for must-read 10 Things Chicken Soup for the Soul Got Right by Brittany Burke.

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