Prioritising your growth - Investing time in root cause of your problems

Edition 13th: Join me in this challenge and see the change for yourself. Will be doing this for next 4 weeks.

Hola! 👋🏽
Folks in the last edition, I wrote about addressing the root cause of the problem and how to take action toward it.

I also shared an action plan on the same (from Luca dellana best selling book called 100 truths you’ll learn too late.). Read below 👇🏽 if you have missed it

Prioritising your growth - Part 1 [action plan included]

Prioritising your growth - Part 2 [action plan included]

Let’s begin part 3 of “Prioritising your growth” 🙌🏼

SOLVING THE ROOT CAUSES OF YOUR PROBLEMS DOES NOT COST TIME; IT GIVES YOU TIME

In the previous rule, we saw how the problems you face are generated by root causes. For example, you might suffer from chronic back pain due to a sedentary lifestyle. Or you might suffer from stress and late nights at work because you’re not good at prioritizing (including saying “no” to your boss & colleagues1).

The reason most people prefer to address the symptoms of a problem rather than its root cause is that the former is generally faster and easier than the latter. We trick ourselves into believing that if today we solve the symptoms of a problem at hand, perhaps, perhaps, tomorrow its root cause will stop throwing problems at us. Therefore, it seems rational to try the fastest and easiest way.

It isn’t. Never. Side-stepping the root cause of a problem is not a shortcut. It’s a detour. It’s not how we save time. It’s how we lose time.

Addressing a symptom of a problem might only take 1 minute whereas solving its root cause might require 1 hour, but if you face the same problem daily, it will have stolen 6 hours of your life in one year. Much better to roll your sleeves up and to solve the root cause directly, ignoring the seemingly urgent problem at hand.

Solving the root cause of problems is always more urgent than solving any problem it produced. Addressing the root cause of problems never costs time; it always gives time.

Remember: feeling stuck in life is a signal that you're avoiding acknowledging and addressing the root cause of your problems.

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Paul Millerd @p_millerd

"I think we as a society are confused about whether we want to work more or work less" @sama brings to light the tension that is underneath our modern definition of work with @lexfridman what happens if we consider a broader conception of work?

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Hrush Bhatt @hrushb

“Leaving a company and a nice team, because AI took my job feels very dystopian.”

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Hmm. Let’s talk about AI anxiety.

Gurwinder @G_S_Bhogal

It was once enough to do a single job well, but now that AI can outperform humans in almost any single task, we must become versatile, integrating diverse skillsets and rapidly adapting to change. The past belonged to specialists, but the future belongs to generalists.

Future belongs to the generalist ✨

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