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Dr. Peter Diamandis has been named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine. Among many other great achievements, he has written a book which got testimonials from people like Bill Clinton, Eric Schmidt, and Ray Kurzweil. Ray Kurzweil describes the book briefly: “If you read one business book in the twenty-first century, this should be the one.” What makes Peter special is the type of questions he uses to solve the problems and the way he approaches them.
According to him, “The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.” This positive attitude that he has towards the problems has made him accomplish so many great things.
Having said that, it is worth learning from him the way he approaches the problems and implement it in our own lives.
Seeing problems as opportunities
It is inevitable that no matter how fortunate we are, or how skilled, and how much wealth, fame or power we have, there will still be problems. It is something that will come with us until the day we die. Knowing that, it makes sense to try to see them as opportunities for growth.
Whenever we lose something, we become aware of its importance. It would be better if we could become aware and grateful about all the things that we have and appreciate them before we lose them and despite being in a problem torment. These feelings of gratitude might not only make us feel better, but they can also help us become coolheaded and solve the problem easier.
Before leaving this page and forgetting that you even read this article, take 2 minutes and think about a problem that has been bothering you recently. Ask yourself different questions about it and try to come up with pathways that make you feel good about this problem. Some of the questions that you might generally ask for many types of questions are the following:
How can I solve this problem?
How can I feel better despite having this problem?
How can I take the most out of this problem?
What could be the biggest benefits that I could have by solving it at a larger scale beyond myself?
You might not come with the best questions in the world during those 2 minutes, but hopefully you can start this new habit of seeing problems as opportunities and become better at it each time you are stressed and bothered by them.
Before you leave, please make the intention to not let the never-ending sequence of problems influence and instill a negative feeling in you. It might be difficult, but it is something worth doing. Try to differentiate yourself from anybody else that simply see problems as a source of relentless complaints. Try to see them as opportunities that one must take the most out of. As Peter Diamandis says, “I think of problems as goldmines.”
