Comments on: Why You Should Welcome Trouble

By: Do You Know...

Do You Know... — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:31:04 +0000

From Where I Sit: Why You Should Welcome Trouble

Link: From Where I Sit: Why You Should Welcome Trouble. You may wonder why a blog targeting the construction industry would include the CEO of a publishing company on its blog roll. Read this post from Michael Hyatt and you

By: Troy Johnson

Troy Johnson — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:48:23 +0000

I love the quote, “In the midst of difficulty, lies opportunities.” R. Dugan

By: Tom McMahon

Tom McMahon — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:39:43 +0000

“Problems are merely another opportunity to remain employed.”

By: Lexie

Lexie — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:16:48 +0000

“If it were not for the things that go wrong, the difficult people with whom you deal, and the problems of your working day, someone could be found to handle your job for half of what you are being paid.”

Wondering how to put a “mom spin” on that part made me laugh. I’ll have to digest it awhile to articulate it. Good food for thought.

Nice picture choice.

By: Lindsay Terry

Lindsay Terry — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:57:06 +0000

Mike,
Thanks for your article. It reminds me that I, too, should welcome trouble. I coordinate an Easter Sunrise Service on Crescent Beach near St. Augtine, Florida. This annual Sunrise Service has attracted a lot of attention in this area. Last year we had between 4 and 5 thousand in attendance on the beach.

It is a beautiful service, starting just as the sun rises. Near the platform, for the singers and the speaker, is a 25 foot cross silhouetted againt an Atlantic Ocean sunrise. People bring their lawn chairs and blankets to sit near the platform and enjoy the service.

In trying desperately to make this event even bigger and better, I aimed a little too high — I thought– in one area. I had challenged one group of people to the point that I became fearful that they would not be able to reach the goal. I thought I had made real trouble for them and ultimately for myself.

Before my next meeting with them I put several alternative plans into the works. When they sensed how much I wanted the ultimate goal to be reached, they completely rejected the alternatives and said, “We can do this.” They came through with flying colors. I have to admit I was amazed — but thrilled.

It let me see that my people would not accept what they thought was a problem to me. Had I not had the “problem” I would not have seen their “heart” in helping to overcome it.

Lindsay Terry

By: hobbitprof

hobbitprof — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:35:52 +0000

Your post was good timing for me as well, and a salve to a long day. Another way of phrasing this: apparently some eastern monks used to pray for troubles as a way to test themselves, and considered any problems they got as “blessings.”