Face Welcome Utilize the Three-Step Challenge Method
When something goes wrong in your business or your life, most people get stuck staring at the black dot — the problem — and miss the entire white circle of possibilities surrounding it. The method is three steps: face it, welcome it, utilize it. Face the challenge directly instead of avoiding or minimizing. Welcome it as part of your actual reality — not what you wished had happened, but what did. Then ask yourself how you can utilize it for growth. Carl Jung and Carl Rogers both noted the same thing: you have to accept something fully before you can change it. Arguing with reality is the most expensive habit an entrepreneur can have. Stop arguing. Start utilizing.
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Stop Arguing With Reality — Accept First Then Change
Stop arguing with reality. When something happens you don't like, accept that it happened because no amount of resistance will change what occurred. Then ask yourself how you can utilize this circumstance for growth. As Carl Jung and Carl Rogers noted, you must first accept something before you can change it.
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Face Welcome Utilize — Three Steps to Turning Challenges Around
Use the three-step process: Face your challenges directly instead of avoiding them, welcome them as part of your reality, then utilize them for growth. Most people get stuck focusing on the 'black dots' (problems) and miss seeing the entire 'white circle' of possibilities around them.