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10 Best Ways to Solve Most Problems
I have been a student and teacher in the human potential, personal development and self-help movements for over forty five years. Every day I study life lessons, and new lifehacks to be more effective and productive in my self-improvement lifestyle.
I am always amused and intrigued by those of my peers that like to claim that all problems are simply the product of negative thinking; “These are either truly extraordinary people or superficial thinkers with no sense of empathy or compassion for others.”
I imagine that if one can live in the mindful state that Zen teachers call “Beginner’s Mind”, then there really are no problems, there is only, what “Is”! For those with a deep authentic faith in God there are also no problems. One can simply say “it is God’s will” or “it is Karma” or “it is all grace” and just live with whatever happens.
Here, life lessons, politics, health, wellness, and self-improvement, don’t really matter since you are taking things as they come.
Of course, many of us do not fit into any of these categories. We may even aspire to do so, but the reality (or the illusion) of our lives doesn’t allow us to ignore possibilities that may come our way.
Maybe, our parent dies and we not only grieve but also see the loss of this loved one as a problem. We care about our…
