When we feel like something is going wrong, perhaps in our life or within a team, too often we focus on symptoms and attitudes.
Yet focusing on the cause, not the symptom, gets to the root of the issue … to the place where real change can take place. Focusing on causes is focusing on change, on the future.
Unless we find the true cause of their stinking attitude – what’s driving them to present and react as they do – and unless we tackle that problem, the symptoms will persist.
Your challenge
Think about something that’s really frustrating you at the moment.
Is it a symptom you’re frustrated with? Or is it the actual cause?
If it’s the cause, change it or change the way you think about it.
If it’s the symptom, think about the root of the issue … the driver behind the symptoms. Then deal with that.
Happy hunting!
