Do you have a business problem?

Running a business is an ongoing challenge. There is constant change in technology, in the structure of communities, in customer requirements. New problems crop up all the time.

I see stress in people as these new problems come up. You can no longer solve the problems in the same way you did last year. You come up over the hill of solving one problem and think that you can relax, but you can't. Another problem is there waiting for you.

You can approach it in two ways:

• Continue to think of it as a problem, and continue to get stressed by the problems.
• Look at it as an opportunity. Every problem is an opportunity in disguise. Every problem creates the opportunity to learn, to solve a problem in a better way, so thata it doesn't come up again.

Opportunities create excitement and interest. Wouldn't you rather go around being excited about opportunities, excited about learning new things, meeting new people, identifying even more opportunities?

The difference between problems and opportunities is attitude. What affects your attitude is your ability to focus. If you don't have a goal and focus on achieving that goal, every problem is an independent issue and doesn't really mean anything to you, other than being a problem.

If you have a goal and you know what the problem is stopping you from achieving, then it is no longer a problem. Overcoming it is an opportunity to reach your goal.