How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?

I was flipping through the channels on my TV a few
nights ago and happened across a movie called "Patch
Adams". I didn't watch the entire movie, but I did
watch one snippet.

The main character admitted himself to a mental
hospital for fear he may commit suicide and as he
entered the main lounge he looked around the room to
see many not so sane people off in their own worlds.

One man came up to him and said "How many fingers am I
holding up?" He was holding up four fingers and so the
main character answered four. The man called the main
character dumb and went off raving.

Later it was made known that the person who had asked
the main character that simple question was once a
genius scientist and mathematician who had pushed his
genius a little too far ending up well . . . In a
mental institute.

Patch, the main character, a few scenes later ended up
in the once genius scientist's room and was asked the
same question again to which Patch answered the same.

The scientist said "No, you're looking at the wrong
things, look past the immediate problem and then
answer. No new novel solution can be gained from only
focusing on the problem."

Patch did this and answered 8, as he looked past the
man's hand.

The scientist smiled and said "Yes! Now you see!"

It was late at night when I first saw this and I didn't
really pay much attention to it, but just this morning
for a reason I can't quite describe I replayed that
scene in my mind.

And it hit me just how profound what that "crazy" man
had said in the movie.

Look past the immediate problem and that's where you'll
find the answers that others don't see.

Many of us begin a network marketing business with only
the immediate problem in mind.

"I need money, I'm not getting my bills paid and I need
a way out. How can I solve this?"

At least that's the path that brought me to network
marketing . . .

And at the beginning I focused on this, my problem, and
made no headway.

It wasn't until I looked past my problem that I found a
novel solution that wasn't so explored and in that is
where I found real growth and success.

If you focus on your problems what happens is your mind
answers with explanations for why that problem exists.

"Why don't I have any money in my savings?"

Answer:

"I can barely pay my bills with what I make, so I can't
save."

It's an answer but it doesn't get you anywhere. It just
explains the problem.

Better question . . .

"How can I solve the problems of those who have the
same issues I have?"

Answer:

"What are my problems? How do I solve those? How do I
make those solutions something that will benefit
others?"

You'll see in the second instance when you look past
your immediate issues you're mind won't find an
immediate answer, but it will lead you to the questions
that will.

That's where growth occurs, that's where your REAL
solution lies, if you follow that path.

Look past what's right in front of you and an entirely
new realm of solutions will open up.

Solutions you would never have seen had you only
focused right on the issue at hand.



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