What to Do With a Problem – Bonus Episode

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[00:01] Welcome to the Prosperity Podcast. Hello everyone. Welcome back to the Kim and Tammy show. I’m Tammy and this is my sister, Kim. How are you doing, Kim? Wonderful. We’re going to share the second of three books with you today. Just as delightful as the first, but a little bit darker, right? Look at the colors. So this is What Do You Do with a Problem by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Maybe Some and the illustrations are just as important as the words. And Tammy and I have each picked three things without talking with each other that we loved out of the book. And truly I could have picked, like it’s a 20 page book. I could have put probably 25 things. So you go ahead with your first one this time.

[00:51] Well, I couldn’t help it because I certainly have experienced this and a lot of my clients have experienced this, entrepreneurs- Problem? Oh yeah, yeah. Every once in a while. Yeah, tell us. Every freaking day. In fact, Kim was talking about a problem she had earlier with makeup in a sink. I mean, they’re literally all around us, but the perspective that this author brings to this problem is just really, really cool. But the first thing that I point pulled out of the book is the kid’s face. When he looked at the problem, there was like, why are you here? You know, and it was a negative reaction, like, right? Cause just the concept of a problem is we, it’s in our minds, it’s a negative feeling, we have a negative environment around problems.

[01:39] And so that’s what this book is so great for is reconstructing that. But so the kid is like looking at the problem, like, why are you here and trying to get away from it? And I’ve noticed that’s true with myself, clients, like the concept of getting away from a problem, escaping a problem, and I believe that the reason why is because there’s inherent shame around the problem or guilt. Like what did I do to attract this to me? It’s on me that this problem is here. Something’s wrong with me. It’s this inherent assessment that is just, I think, very, very dangerous. So it’s interesting. The picture that I’m looking at is the kid about this big and the problem about this big, right? And he says, I started to worry about it.

[02:26] And how often, even though we know, for example, if you’re going to worry, why pray, right? That’s a common line. Even though we know that worry doesn’t really do any good. It is our first reaction to things. And it’s where we put our attention is on the worry part. And so I love where he’s going with this and I’ll stop there, but I’m glad really that it’s this big dark cloud in the book and that the book is addressing the problem that we have in knowing what to do about problems. Yeah. And it’s interesting too. I just thought of this, but earlier in last, in the last podcast that we did about the first book, what do you do with an idea? We talked about how the kid fed the idea of good food, which was his attention.

[03:17] So that’s what’s happening here too. The kid is feeding the problem, his attention, in a negative way, in a worry based way, not a prayer based way or a constructive way, and that’s leading to my second point, which I’m afraid might bypass your second point, but the worry ends up feeding the problem and making it bigger. Was that your second point? No. Oh, wait a minute. Yes, it is. Oh, that’s funny, but I have another one on the same page. So go for it. You continue. Okay. I think I’m going to bypass you though. So you go ahead. Oh, well, all right. So it’s interesting because he does acknowledge that the worry is making it bigger. Yeah. So all that’s sufficient. You go on. Okay. So what I really wanted to point out is the turning point in the child’s mind.

[04:00] And I see this in myself and clients as well, just frustration. Like, I’m not going to put up with this anymore. It’s like, and we can’t manufacture that frustration. I don’t believe we have to naturally get to a point where we’re sick and tired of being sick and tired of the problem. And we’re ready to do something about it. But what I love in the pictures, there’s like two pictures back to back that show the kid like he’s got a work table, he’s got tools out. He’s studying, creating, designing. He’s working the problem. He’s gotten into a creative mode instead of escape mode, a creative mode, which then of course, unlocks the problem. Well, it was fun when Jackie was sharing these books with Tammy

[04:44] and I, she pointed out, and I’m glad she did because I’m not sure I would have picked up on it, that as his mind shifts around looking at the problem, the colors in the book literally go from black and white to color and the color that was chosen is this amazing, sunshiny yellow. That then is my third point, which is literally a positive focus, which is something that we’ve talked about forever. Thank you to Dan Sullivan. And he basically says every problem has an opportunity. You just have to look for it. Yep. That’s it right there. At Napoleon Hill in one of his books, he says that every problem, within every problem lies the seed of equal or greater possibility. And I know that I’m butchering that quote, but the concept is

[05:37] the same, equal or greater. So if the problem in your mind is huge and insurmountable, the opportunity is just as huge and possible. So I love the book. I love that shift in color and it’s all starts here. It all starts with our thinking. Yep. So again, we recommend it. All my little notes on the side here. What do you do with the problem by Komi Yamada? And I’m remembering too, that the, I believe Chinese symbol for crisis and opportunity, it’s either the same or like one is upside down from the other. I can’t remember, but it’s just another great reminder that within the challenge lies the way forward. Yeah. Yeah. So cool. Thanks Kim for hanging out and talking about this second book with us.

[06:27] The, what do you do with a problem? And next time we’re going to talk about, what do you do with a chance? Enjoy. Thank you for listening to the Prosperity Podcast. To take control of your money and have it work for you, visit us at partnersforprosperity.com. If you liked this episode, make sure you subscribe and leave a review.