Enigma Solution

When my junior colleagues approached me and said, "Sir we have a problem". I used to immediately ask, "What is the problem?" That was it, then I was in a big trouble. Then a lot of my precious time would  be consumed in listening to loads of moaning and whining. Unfortunately, the reward for good work is more work. If you are good at solving issues, you are inundated with more issues to tackle. So I became a magnet for problems and issues. Initially one gets excited about the ability to tackle issues, after sometime one begins to tire and then frustration sets in which turns into rage. Frustration often leads to depression and that is unhelpful and rage is a kind of insanity and highly self destructive.  Many clients also often tell me, "You know the problem is ......... " or "You don't understand what the problem is."  They are probably right, I do not understand. The greater issue is, that they themselves also do not k...

Success needs no explanation and failure tolerates no excuse. Yet few people appreciate this point. Many people who fail, dole out excuses one after another, everyone and everything else is to blame except themselves. The situation is most pathetic, when owners, managers and leaders blame their own employees, team members and followers. Their opening statement is "The problem is ........", and this is followed by a long tirade or moan of nonsense. The first step in solving a 'problem' is, to learn what is the problem? Surprisingly most people have no idea what the problem is? A problem is defined as an obstruction 'C' which prevents you from going from  Situation 'A'  to situation 'B'. Unfortunately most people don't know where they are, where they want to get to and what is obstructing them. In that case the person does not have a problem, they just have an excuse for their failure.