What is your approach to problem-solving, and how does it work for you?
Every problem will have a solution. One may solve a problem in several ways with his/her own approaches or with someone Else's approaches. Since I started feeling my responsibilities, I have been trying to solve my issues with my own approach because after all it's my problem and who knows my problem better than me?
In my early days, I used to solve my issues by discussing with my mother and follow the approach which my mother is suggesting me. It worked well in my early days. One day, When my childhood friend stabbed me with a pencil, I wanted to take revenge on him by doing some nasty stuff to him. But as per my mother's advice I did not react immediately, rather I complained about my friend to my mother in the conventional way as every human being would do in his/her childhood days. Then I will follow what my mother says. But as days move on, I started feeling responsible about myself and started facing the problems on my own.
My best way of approaching a problem is what I call as "Think about the worst effect". When I get a problem, I will first think about the various ways to solve that problem. Then I will start pondering aobut the corresponding effects of those solutions beginning with the worst. For example, if I get low ratings in my appraisal for the past year in spite of my sincere work for which I dedicated my heart and soul, then immediately I would think of rising a flag against my manager's ratings. How to rise a flag? One probable solution is to gather all the points to justify I have worked more than expected and speak to my manager to revise my ratings. In this case, what will be the worst effect I could receive? The maximum, my manager can do is that he can terminate me for arguing with him. Since I believe that I have the potential to get a new job with my expertise, I will be ready to face the worst effect. As I am ready to accept the worst, I will go to my manager with all my points to revise my ratings and hope for the best, without fearing about the worst.
In my opinion, if you are ready to face the worst, you will be delighted to receive the best and you will never regret about your approach.
