PROBLEM-SOLVING SECURITY

Ego-strength, as good as it is, by itself is not enough. Once you have the inner strength to face reality, you have to use it to solve whatever problems that life throws at you. So next, you need a robust and vigorous problem-solving mentality. You need a mindset that looks at problems as “just a problem to solve” and yourself as a problem-solver. “I solve problems.”

It’s this attitude that truly measures a high quality of ego-strength. With this attitude you not only can face reality for whatever it presents you, you actually look forward to solving the problem. That was the aha moment for mathematician genius John Nash in the movie, A Beautiful Mind. Tormented by schizophrenia, at first he let it get the best of him. It was only when the consequences of losing his wife and child that he woke up and had an eureka awareness. What did he realize? He realized, “This is a problem and I am a problem-solver.” From that moment, he treated his schizophrenia as “a problem to solve.” How about that for a shift of attitude!