3 Words that can change any problem you face

I recently read a book called ‘Words can change your brain’ and what basically that book says is that certain words have a tremendous impact on the way you think and feel, positive or negative. In other words change your language for a positive outlook

Here are three words that you can use to change your attitude and your approach to any difficulty you face.

First of all, change the word problem to the word situation. Whereas problem is a negative word that triggers feelings of fear and anxiety, situation is a neutral word. So instead of saying we have a problem, you can say, we have a situation. Another word to replace the word problem is the word challenge (my favourite one). Whenever something goes wrong, you immediately say ‘well we have an interesting challenge facing us today.’ Challenges are what make life exciting and worth living.

Perhaps the best word of all is ‘opportunity’. Instead of saying we have a problem, you can say, we have an unexpected opportunity. Napoleon Hill was famous for saying ‘Every problem or difficulty you face, contains the seed of an equal or greater advantage or benefit.’ Your job is to find the benefit. Look for the good in any situation and this way of approaching a problem is determined by your attitude. The attitude of looking for the good in every situation of looking for the advantage or benefit in any problem or difficulty is the way that the most successful people think most of the time. Superior people and leaders in all areas face the inevitable ups and downs of daily on the way to their destinations by taking complete control their thinking and their emotions and they do this by choosing the words they use to describe a situation, their tone of voice and their behavior in dealing with problems.

A vital quality on the road to success and happiness and balance in life is expecting problems and difficulties as normal, natural and unavoidable parts of life. You can never avoid them, they come like the waves of the ocean, problems never stop. Becoming a superior person requires accepting that when you set off toward a big exciting goal or destination, you will experience unexpected turbulence.

Thomas J Watson the founder of IBM was once asked how someone could be more successful faster, and he replied ‘If you want to be more successful faster, you must double your rate of failure’

Success lies on the far side of failure and the way that you succeed and fail and fail and succeed is learn from every experience. Look for the good, call it a situation, challenge or opportunity to keep you mind positive and creative as you work your way through it