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Solving problems as a founder does not always require more effort. Sometimes it requires a completely different way of looking at the problem itself. What if the answer has been there all along?
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Have you ever found yourself deep in a business problem, working harder, thinking more hours or more effort will fix it? What if the solution is not about working more but seeing differently? Let us take a moment and look at something simple. You want to know: 80 percent of 10 = 8. But you can flip it: 10 percent of 80 = 8. Same answer, different way in. It feels lighter. More direct. Less tangled. That is the power of shifting perspective. And it applies to more than numbers.
Your Challenges Might Be Simpler Than You ThinkAfter all, most founders are natural problem solvers. You hold a lot. You think fast. You carry responsibility well. But with that can come a habit of working through force. More effort. More action. More trying. But solving problems through force has a ceiling. Sometimes that works. However, not when the problem is not lack of action, but lack of clarity. It is not about being under-equipped. You might be missing the simpler way through.
What Are You Avoiding Because It Feels Too Hard?In fact, we all do it. Avoiding the spreadsheet. Putting off the hard conversation. Delaying the decision. Saying we are “not ready yet.” But usually, what feels hard is unfamiliar. And what is unfamiliar becomes easier once we have a better tool, a better lens, or someone beside us helping us shift how we see. That is what shifting perspective looks like in practice.
Most Problems Are Not Solved by More EffortThey are solved by seeing the pattern underneath. They are solved when someone holds up a mirror and says, “What if we look at this a different way?” That one moment of clarity changes everything. As a result, what felt overwhelming becomes actionable. What felt confusing becomes clear.
Solving Problems With a Different LensOne of the greatest gifts you can give yourself as a founder is a space to reflect. Not to talk about the issue alone, but to be shown another route you had not seen yet. Sometimes the best support is not someone who gives you the answer, but someone who gives you a better question. Ultimately, you do not have to be the one who knows everything. You have to be the one willing to look.
This Is Not About Doing MoreInstead, it is about doing differently. Shifting from effort to insight. From stuck to forward. From foggy to clear. Solving problems this way is quieter, but it moves further. And sometimes, all it takes is one shift in how you look at a thing for the whole picture to change. If you have been circling the same business challenge, perhaps it is time to stop pressing harder and start asking what else is possible. Because ease is not found by avoiding the problem. It is found by seeing it in a new light. And that changes everything.
If you have been solving problems the hard way and the pattern has not shifted, book a 15-minute Strategy Call and explore what becomes possible when you look at it differently.
To your brilliance, Tanya Cross Industry Leader Coach & The Coaches’ Coach BAppSoSc (Counselling) |
