Tuesday, April 24, 2018
BE A SOLUTION PROVIDER
This is life and you have problems that pull you down.
Everybody has problems. Get in touch with people that have the most wonderful
smiles, they will still tell you that beneath their smiles are problems as
well. Problems are part of life and problems will always be part of life. The
greatest thing in life is how you deal with problems when they enter the circle
of your life and that is what makes a difference.
Problem make you great. If there were no Goliath, David
would not have been a hero. If there was no apartheid, Nelson Mandela would not
have been a global icon. If there was no racial segregation in America, Martin
Luther King Jr would have been an unknown figure. If there was no colonialism,
Dr. Kamuzu Banda would not have been a liberation figure.
The greatest successes, the greatest innovations and even
greatest thinkers were created from problems. Come to think about it. Henry
Ford noted that most Americans could not afford vehicles. That was a problem.
He did not make part of the complaining masses, he provided a solution then
Ford motors was born. Examine your problem, it is an opportunity presented to
you to make a difference.
To be successful in life you have to provide solutions. You
do not just sit in front of a TV screen to watch soccer or a film; you are
running away from boredom. Those people that play sports or are actors in
different films only do one simple thing: chasing boredom out of your life.
They make you spend your idle time with happiness.
All successful initiatives are successful when they solve
problems. William Kamkwamba did not join the bandwagon of people that were
complaining of drought and hunger. He developed a windmill from rudimentary
products and that made a difference. Through his windmill he irrigated the
family’s farm and provided electricity. It is not complaining that matters, it
is looking at problems from the inverse angle that you cherish the
opportunities they provides.
We are told that Mr. Kalua started Combine Cargo having been
fired from the company he was working. He was jobless. He turned his problem
into a solution. When Jimmy Koreia Koreia-Mpatsa was fired he turned to writing
short stories for newspapers for a living. Mike Mlombwa noted the poverty that
was grinding him in his home area, he walked on foot from Neno to Blantyre in
search of a living and he made it.
Successful people have an interesting story to tell. The
world was amazed when a Kenyan grandfather enrolled for primary school all just
to learn how to read and write. He did not mind about people’s perception.
There was debate whether it was necessary for him to be enrolled or not. His
problem was that he could not read and write. He did not accept to be resigned
to his fate, he made a difference.
This is the time you start looking at all the problems you
are facing in life positively. Those problems hid beneath them an unpolished
diamond. Do not be like the type of people that complain of traffic everyday
they are going to work. The traffic is a problem that awaits their solution. It
is simple, if roads are congested then start off early from home and you will
reach the office on time. If traffic is congested after 5pm then work a little
bit longer thus maximizing productivity. In the end, your company will rely on you;
you will be rewarded with promotion after promotion. The genesis of it would be
that you were running away from congestion on the road. You have the solution
within the touching distance. You only need to start seeing the world from the
inverse angle.
In life we waste a lot of time trying to change others. We
anticipate that others will be the solutions to the problems we are facing. If
anything we attribute our problems to them. It is very simple; change yourself
first then all the problems will go away. If somebody looks down upon you, do
not look down on them as well; smile at them and that will make a difference. If
your boss does not like you, as you think he or she does not like you, do not
pay back through unliking him, buy him or her a gift and that will change his
perceptions of you. Change yourself first. Remember to be the change that you
would like to see.
Carry on with your dreams. Cherish the problems you are
encountering. Zig Ziggler was right, at the end of the day, do not be the type
of person who says ‘I wish I could, I wish I could, I wish I could. Be the type
of the person who says I am glad I did, I am glad I did, I am glad I did.’
You will be of great help to the world the moment you stop
complaining of your problems and start becoming a solution provider. In life
people need solutions. People have many problems and to win their hearts
provide solutions and you will make it.
