Daily Gratitude: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Another simple recommendation for how to live your life.

Why don’t we do this? I think we don’t even consider building a new door. We’re so busy looking for a way that exists and often that works. As long as you don’t just give up but continue to try for a solution.

But when you can’t find a solution, why not try to build a new door. And the best way to do that is to reframe your problem. When you see it constructed differently, it’s easier to say “oh wait. I see now. Maybe if I did x, y would come out better”. Reframing (a word I don’t really like) is appropriate here because when you build a door you have to cut a new hole and then put up a new frame. Then you can hold your hands up (like you see in the movies) centering the problem. You now have another perspective. When it looks different, solutions may come more easily.

Build your door and mould your problem to fit it!