Why Your Problems Keep Coming Back!

Meir Ezra
7 days ago
2 min read

I’m consistently bombarded with questions about problems people face. I’m happy to answer them, and I’ve noticed something powerful:

Whenever a person tries to solve a problem and fails, it’s almost always because they’re trying to solve the wrong problem.

Here’s what I mean.

What I've learned from all those questions is that, with every problem that a person try to solve, and doesn't manage to solve, there is something very amazing about those problems.

When a person tries to solve a problem, and the problem doesn't get solved, he tries to solve the wrong problem.

So what is the right problem?

The right problem is something that happened before the problem.

Let's say:

You have a headache. You take painkillers. But the real problem is that earlier, you were drinking.
You can’t figure out a guitar chord. You blame your fingers. But the actual problem is that you never really understood how chords are constructed in the first place.
You’re failing to close a sale. You think, “I can’t sell.” But the actual problem is because you didn’t understand the prospect before the pitch ever happened.

The same pattern shows up everywhere.

The actual problem is always before what you call the problem, because what you call the problem is just a manifestation of the problem.

Most people's definition of the problem or what they call a "problem" is just the manifestation of the actual source of the problem or the actual problem.