It's Not Just One Thing...
The thing is, it's not just one thing.
Life is complex.
The world around us is complex.
We are complex creatures. We have a physical being, mental being, emotional being and spiritual being.
Problems are complex and so much of work and life is about problem solving. In this, I have realized most problems are complex. Meaning they have more than one answer, and more than one cause.
You can't see the world in black and white. For if you do, you're excluding all other permutations, possibilities and causes. You can't distill most things down to a single point.
ie: Little Franky had a temper fit... Well, obviously he is misbehaving and needs correction. Possibly, but maybe he was hungry also. Or maybe his friends had taken his toy... Or maybe he was jealous over the attention his sibling was receiving. That wouldn't excuse his behaviour, but it shows that we need to problem solve a little deeper and accept multiple causes. Maybe Franky needed verbal correction and a sandwich. Maybe he needed a hug.
This isn't a parenting post, that was merely a simple example of how we could easily take the obvious as the cause and the problem. (I wrote about multi-layered problems previously here)
A lot of problems require a more multifaceted approach rather than a single approach. Dissect the problem to the fullest prior to remediating the problem. If you remediate too quickly without fully grasping the problem, your remediation may be less effective.
Complex problems require complex fixes.
Life is complex.
The world around us is complex.
We are complex creatures. We have a physical being, mental being, emotional being and spiritual being.
Problems are complex and so much of work and life is about problem solving. In this, I have realized most problems are complex. Meaning they have more than one answer, and more than one cause.
You can't see the world in black and white. For if you do, you're excluding all other permutations, possibilities and causes. You can't distill most things down to a single point.
ie: Little Franky had a temper fit... Well, obviously he is misbehaving and needs correction. Possibly, but maybe he was hungry also. Or maybe his friends had taken his toy... Or maybe he was jealous over the attention his sibling was receiving. That wouldn't excuse his behaviour, but it shows that we need to problem solve a little deeper and accept multiple causes. Maybe Franky needed verbal correction and a sandwich. Maybe he needed a hug.
This isn't a parenting post, that was merely a simple example of how we could easily take the obvious as the cause and the problem. (I wrote about multi-layered problems previously here)
A lot of problems require a more multifaceted approach rather than a single approach. Dissect the problem to the fullest prior to remediating the problem. If you remediate too quickly without fully grasping the problem, your remediation may be less effective.
Complex problems require complex fixes.
It is never one thing... That would make it fairly easy too remedy. Since it is likely multifaceted; this adds a lot of thinking out of the obvious box to try to help fix the problem...
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