Tag: challenges

There is always a solution

Posted on by philipdodson

We face many challenges in our lives.

All of which have a solution.

The bigger challenge is learning how to react to challenges.

Often, we allow even minor setbacks to take ‘the wind out of our sails’. We focus on the injustice, or the hurt, the problem, the way in which we can get revenge or not accept it.

Instead, if we focus all our energies on the solution, the world looks completely different.

We are not victims, we are not unlucky, we haven’t been dealt a bad hand. We make all the choices, so what comes our way is a result of those choices and the things that we can not control will happen regardless of what we do.

Sure initially we will all react to a setback, but after that initial reaction, there is a choice to blame others, to be a victim or there is the choice of what is the solution? How can I make things better? What opportunity will come from this challenge? What can I learn? What did I do right and what can I do even better next time?

Questions lead to solutions and it is a choice.

There is always a solution and it is not found in blame, victimhood, or dwelling on the problem.

Don’t finish your book too early

Posted on by philipdodson

In your head.

That’s is where life is.

It’s what we say.

We decide the narrative. We tell the story.

Good or bad.

Kind or hateful.

Love or hate.

Whatever opposites you want.

Fear or bravery.

Hiding or being open.

There are a million shades of grey not just the black and white options.

Whatever narrative you create inside your head, remember it’s you who creates it and controls it.

The story is ours and we get to write every line of every chapter, yet we often allow others to be the editors of our story.

Write it yourself, tell it as you want it, and the good news is you can always re-write the story, add another chapter, change the plot, even re-write a scene, change the characters. It’s completely the author’s choice.

However at the end of our story, the only thing we’ll regret is we didn’t keep writing more chapters.

Don’t get to the end of your book to early in life and settle for the book being done because it’s easy.