Problems Don’t Solve Themselves

February 19, 2007

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:

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

Why wait?

Image from sorakasumi.

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  • juliedermansky
    This site has used my image with out asking- i have a copyright on the image as noted on my flickr site with tag jsdart. It is unethical to use copyrighted images with out permission- and against the law. This site needs to remove my image right away or pay me my fee for usage. Social change- start at home.
  • Julie - My apologies, I've removed the image.
  • The pics certainly add a reality to the message, with which I can't agree more !
  • Tat - maybe. I'm glad you enjoyed the post, and I appreciate the comment.
  • Tat
    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.
  • 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...
  • 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?"
  • 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!
  • True words.

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

    http://www.davidairey.com/blog/your-rubbish-the...

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