I have a sign up in my office that says "No problems? No profits."
Simply put, if it were easy, everyone would do it and there would be no more profit in it. If everyone got admitted to Stanford, everyone would go and it wouldn’t be as valuable.
In my market research business, every time I'm faced with a challenge that makes me want to slink away, I just remind myself that my ability to solve it (while others are not willing to try) is how I get paid.
We are experiencing this concept right now with oil prices. Increasing prices have brought problems like rising food costs, crowded mass transit and less disposable income. But high oil prices have also brought us the gifts of increased desire for alternative energy, more efficient vehicles and better mass transit systems.
Problems are painful, but the rewards of solving them make you glad you have them.
Simply put, if it were easy, everyone would do it and there would be no more profit in it. If everyone got admitted to Stanford, everyone would go and it wouldn’t be as valuable.
In my market research business, every time I'm faced with a challenge that makes me want to slink away, I just remind myself that my ability to solve it (while others are not willing to try) is how I get paid.
We are experiencing this concept right now with oil prices. Increasing prices have brought problems like rising food costs, crowded mass transit and less disposable income. But high oil prices have also brought us the gifts of increased desire for alternative energy, more efficient vehicles and better mass transit systems.
Problems are painful, but the rewards of solving them make you glad you have them.
