Problems Don’t Solve Themselves

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Problems Don’t Solve Themselves

by Ben Yoskovitz

Keep Your Head in the Sand…

And Problems Will Fester.

You Need To Deal With Problems Right Away.

The right time to deal with a problem is right now. Let it linger and one of two things will happen:

It will grow and grow and grow until it explodes into a gargantuan, stinking mess; or,
It will disappear for a bit, only to re-emerge and explode into a gargantuan, stinking mess.

Why wait?

Images from sorakasumi and jsdart.

February 19th, 2007

7 Responses to “Problems Don’t Solve Themselves”

#1 David Airey February 19th, 2007 at 12:39 pm

True words.

I posted a similar series of images (like the child scavenging) on my blog:

http://www.davidairey.com/blog/your-rubbish-their-lives/

Very thought-provoking and keeps my perspective as it should be.

#2 Jose February 19th, 2007 at 1:09 pm

You are so right.

This goes for personal problems as well as business problems.

Why couldn’t I have read this post ten years ago!

#3 Dawud Miracle February 19th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Dead on. I’ve found this true of all problems. They never just go away. We can pretend they do/will. But they don’t. And often, the longer we wait the worse they are when we finally get to dealing with them.

So as you ask, “Why wait?”

#4 Ben Yoskovitz February 20th, 2007 at 3:58 am

Thanks for the comments folks. David - those are some tough pictures.

I picked this one in particular because of the DKNY t-shirt - it just stood out to me.

My picture posts don’t seem to generate as many comments, but I still love them for their simplicity and visual strength…

#5 Tat February 21st, 2007 at 6:14 am

I actually wouldn’t have stopped scrolling if it hadn’t been for the pictures. Maybe it’s because they’re so thought-provoking that people don’t comment as much - a nothing-left-to-say thing.

#6 Ben Yoskovitz February 21st, 2007 at 12:06 pm

Tat - maybe. I’m glad you enjoyed the post, and I appreciate the comment.

#7 Silvia Shields June 29th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

The pics certainly add a reality to the message, with which I can’t agree more !

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