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“One of the biggest problems we face is the fact that people
don’t think they have any problems. They
think everyone else has them.” ~Victor Schueller
Earlier this week I was sitting in a waiting room waiting
for some service to be done to my vehicle.
I was sitting in the company of a few people who were talking. There was a married couple that
was waiting for their vehicle to be serviced, and I was listening as the woman
described how her grandson was having health issues and so forth.
She continued, saying, “I don’t know what it is with kids
these days. Oh, and the ear
infections! It seems like there are so
many ear infections in these kids these days.
We never had problems with ear
infections! Our kids had ear aches, but they didn’t have all these
ear infections.”
I just smiled to myself as her husband chimed in and said,
“Well, if their ear aches, then they have an ear infection…”
Those were my thoughts exactly…She thought that her children
never got ear infections because they weren’t diagnosed as ear infections...
Some of you may be working within an organization has an
“ear infection,” but the executives and administrators are treating the
problems as just an “organizational ear ache.”
They either are working in denial, or they are simply unaware of the cultural
issues the company has because they avoid having the problem diagnosed.
Fortunately, we have the ability to look at problems and
accept accountability for them as the present themselves. Even if those around us are ineffectively
dealing with problems and resorting to ineffective coping strategies, you have the
power to determine what you make out of your current circumstances. You can either fall victim to your
surroundings, or you can empower yourself to control your own destiny.
Let’s work together to remember that everyone has
problems. We just have to make sure that
we are the ones who choose to acknowledge them, accept them, and then move on
to solve them! We can do it!
Have a great day!
-Victor
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