Stop Seeing Everything as a Problem
(A more productive and optimistic way to look at life’s stuff)
I learned something from a mentor / relative over a decade ago that completely shifted the way I looked at the world. It started while working for her highly successful real estate team.
She would get calls from the financial institutions and utility companies that she had accounts with regarding her investment properties. She would put the calls on speaker phone while she worked, which meant I could here these jaw dropping conversations.
But what was so jaw dropping for me was the fact that she actually took these calls regularly. She had no fear of dealing with any outstanding balances. As a matter of fact, she didn’t have any qualms about taking any of the 80 plus calls per day that she would get regarding her business, even the testier conversations.
I learned very quickly that she didn’t really see the chaos of her life, the ups or the downs, as problems. She just looked at them as the natural adventures of her day.
That was quite different from my tendency to over-dramatize matters. My outlook on stressful situations was that the sky was falling. Even today, I still have to practice mentally turning dark clouds into sunshine when things get a little tough.
