Are you stuck in the rut of a yes but kind of person? Here’s how you can tell. If reminded “When the going gets tough … the tough get going…” you shoot back “Yes, but ….
Some people look at life – as more of a barrier with problems that grow steadily. How so? Look at how leaders below used part of their brains that remain hidden or unused by people who lead less well. Then compare the “Yes but…” people and see their excuses loom…. 
Mary Kay taught us that when you encounter failure, look for its counteraction, in much the way cars take detours around a roadblock. That approach lowers cortisol that stops too many of us when problems hit. Yes but ….
Theodore Roosevelt tackled his barriers by asking the two footed question … “What can I do with what I have at the moment?” The brain leaps for answers when it is motivated by curiosity through good questions. Yes but ….
Billy Graham often reminds people that hot heads or cold hearts hold you back from solutions. Anger comes from lower intrapersonal intelligence and cold hearts follow poor interpersonal acumen. Both are raised by practicing their opposites on any day. Yes but ….
Norman Vincent Peale taught that how we think about problems is far more critical than the problem itself. The positive responses Peale advocated actually add serotonin for better solutions and more well-being. Yes but ….
Albert Einstein denied the fact that he was smarter than others and attributed much of his success to the fact that he stayed with problems longer and used his mistakes as stepping stones to better solutions forward. Yes but ….
Harlan Cleveland saw leaders are problem solvers because of talent and choice, which speaks to the brains natural intelligences that come with birth, and constructed intelligences built by what we do daily. Interestingly we now know IQ is not fixed. Yes but ….
How do you get past problems that prevent YES BUT … people from the possibilities? How do you reframe your intellectual capacity more into a tool to transform the very next problem you encounter, than the next failure you excuse?
What do you think?
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