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The challenges you solve shape the person you become

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Morning Minute 5.29.26

How Problems Fuel Growth

The challenges you solve shape the person you become

Growth rarely comes from comfort. We grow most when we are forced to solve problems.

In 1928, Dr. Alexander Fleming was researching bacterial infections in a hospital laboratory. After accidentally leaving several petri dishes uncovered, he discovered that a mold called Penicillium notatum was destroying dangerous bacteria.

That discovery led to penicillin — one of the most important medical breakthroughs in history — helping save millions of lives around the world.

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​Anne Sullivan faced a very different challenge. She was hired to teach a young girl named Helen, who could neither hear, nor speak. Through extraordinary patience, discipline, and innovative teaching methods, Sullivan helped Helen overcome tremendous obstacles.

​Helen Kellar would later become a world-famous author, speaker, and advocate who inspired millions.

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Clarence was born into poverty in rural Georgia in a small sharecropper’s shack. His grandfather, Myers Anderson, recognized that Clarence needed discipline, structure, education, and character to succeed.

Those lessons helped Clarence Thomas rise from humble beginnings to become one of the longest-serving justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Dr. Fleming, Anne Sullivan, and Myers Anderson all understood an important truth:
Problems fuel growth — both for ourselves and for others.

By solving difficult problems, they helped create:
• a life-saving medical discovery,
• an inspirational author and speaker,
• and a Supreme Court Justice.

So, ask yourself:

What problem is holding you back today?

What opportunity for growth could be created by solving it?

Instead of focusing only on the difficulty of the problem, focus on the value of the solution.

What people, habits, knowledge, and processes are needed to move toward that solution?

As you continue learning, working, improving, and persevering, you will often discover that the very problem you feared most became the fuel for your greatest growth.

The leaders who create lasting success are often the ones willing to solve the problems that others avoid.

If I can help your team develop that mindset and process, I would be honored to do so.

And remember:
Information without transformation is wasted energy.

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Here are 6 things you can work on this week to help you be more, do more, and/or earn more.

Pick just one - work on it each day.

At the end of the week write down how you have improved and/or what you have gained through your effort.

1) Master your emotions

2) Focus on what you can control

3) Embrace discomfort

4) Guard you time - your most valuable resource

5) Seek clarity - the foundation of true strength

6) Be grateful

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