Are You An Expert On Your Problems?

Being an expert on your problems delays getting to a solution.

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Transcript

Are You An Expert On Your Problems?

Ever catch yourself saying, “I know what’s wrong with me”?

That mindset will keep you parked on the NO side of GO.

One of the biggest energy drains I know is being around people who constantly talk about their problems – especially health issues. Nobody’s done the math on it . . . because if they did, they’d see it doesn’t add up. It actually subtracts from their well-being by keeping the problem front and center.

Finding problems is easy. Finding solutions gets easier when we stop making the problem bigger than it already is.

But what do we do? We pile on. We look for more reasons, more backstory, more explanation for why we are the way we are.

That’s my issue with a lot of “helping” approaches. Too much time is spent digging into the problem, turning people into experts on what’s wrong – without getting much closer to what fixes it.

Think about it: if most of your time is spent talking about the problem . . . when exactly are you working on the solution?

Solutions tend to show up when we shift our focus.

It’s like that old carpentry saying: measure twice, cut once. Somewhere along the way, we started measuring so much . . . we forgot to pick up the saw.

So let me ask you: how many ways are you measuring your problems?

Because even if you’re not talking about them out loud, you might be replaying them in your head all day. And here’s the simple math: the more time you spend thinking or talking about the problem, the longer you delay the solution.

Now, I’m not saying act without thinking. This isn’t about being reckless.

It’s just this: you won’t find a solution while staring at the problem.

We all know someone like this . . . maybe it’s even a family member. Every conversation turns into a rundown of what’s wrong in their life. They don’t come up for air—and over time, people start backing away.

And here’s the kicker: their problems never get solved.

Because their strategy is the problem – talking about it over and over again.

So here’s a simple two-step approach:

1.  Stop talking and thinking about the problem.

2. Start working on the solution.

Step one starts with awareness. Notice your thoughts. Don’t wrestle with them—just watch them. When you observe your thoughts instead of jumping into them, they lose their grip.

That’s where step two kicks in.

Because when your mind isn’t cluttered with the problem, it can finally do what it’s designed to do—solve it.

Start small. Is there something you constantly bring up that hasn’t changed?

Make a decision: stop talking about it.

Just that alone does two things:

• It spares everyone around you the pain of hearing it again
• And it shifts you into actually dealing with it

From there, keep observing your thoughts instead of feeding them. Over time, they lose their pull –and solutions will flow to the void the observed thoughts leave behind.

Because here’s the raw reality: Replaying your problems isn’t solving them.

If you think you solve your problems by continually talking or thinking about them, just watch any dog eating the cake he just threw up. 

When you regurgitate the same old problems, the solution that doesn’t work is eating them again.

All the best,

John