The Book

This is an introductory section from the book I’m currently writing and I hope you’ll be inspired to make a difference in your life and someone else’s life today.

Tool: The power of reasoning

Self improvement is the key to an improvement in performance. To achieve and sustain an improvement in performance, you need to learn to deal with issues. These are important questions that are in dispute and must be settled
 
We pick up different issues as we travel through life and these very quickly grow up to become millstones round the neck of the carrier. I think if issues end up solely as problems for the carrier we might be forgiven for taking a cavalier attitude towards them. The fact is that when issues are not dealt with, they have the ability to taint all that they touch; they create a great barrier to improving your performance.  Personal issues of members of an organisation could become the determinant of the quality of product and service provided.

It is imperative that a consideration of tools that effectively deal with issues becomes part of strategic planning at personal and business level. One of the key tools for dealing with issues is the use of reasoning.

I think reasoning would involve answering the following questions- What are my issues? How did these issues come into my life? What are my experiences based on these issues? Why do I want to be free from the power of these issues? Who is able to free me from the power of these issues? 

I have the feeling that most of us will agree that we have issues in our lives, but we do not seem to realise that we need to do all that is within our power, to be free of them because theyare threatening to destroy our performance and lead to frustration.

You may have tried the method of lying to yourself and refusing to face your issues. The problem with this strategy is that you cannot sweep these issues away by pretending that they do not exist. They tend to show up in different areas of your life. They show up in your relationship with your children; colleagues; husband/wife and all other situations. These issues taint everything you touch so listening and responding to the call to use the power of reasoning is very important to your performance.

There are immense benefits to be gained from resolving issues. When issues are resolved, the energy trapped by the conflict associated with harbouring the issues, is now available for actions that sustain self improvement and great accomplishments.  

I am beginning to feel that it is not the fact that we have issues that is the problem or the source of the issues necessarily, but what we do about them. You will always have issues that threaten your performance but remember you owe it to yourself to deal with them effectively.

Dealing with your issues releases the gifts and talents that are within you. Dealing with the  issues in your life are effective tools for unblocking and removing hindrances that stop your continual growth and change.

I have always wanted to fly but I noticed that my wings have been trimmed and I could not do it. The issues weighed me down. Today, I am growing, changing and experiencing the joy of self improvement and great accomplishments. The tool of reasoning has opened the door for turning my issues into formidable tools for moving forward and living the life of my dream.