Leverage Your Problem-SolvingWritten by Susan Dunn, M.A.
"There are children playing in street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, "said J. Robert Oppenheimer, builder of first atom bomb, "because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago."Einstein also admitted to discovering answers to theoretical problems by picturing himself, as a child, riding on a beam of light. We don't all face same problems theoretical physicists face, but their problems to solve, and our problems to solve, have fundamentals in common: our cognitive thinking, our rational, logical, and linear left brains are not going to be enough. There will never be enough data, and at some point we have to rely on our gut instincts to make decision -- that is to say, our intuition. We gather all sorts of data about our world and our problems from all our senses, and from our intution, which is like a 6th sense. It isn't something we develop through our intellect or through formal education. Children and animals, for instance, are very tuned in to change. We adults are too, but we've "forgotten" this information, or we don't pay attention to it.
| | Perfectionism Will Hurt YouWritten by Susan Dunn, Coach
Permission is granted to reprint article provided bio line stays intact.Perfectionism is kind of like too much of a good thing. It's good to be interested in excellence, but when you feel that your work (or relationship) has to be perfect you are saddling yourself with a burden you don't need, a burden that can effect every area of your life. You won't be able to please yourself at work or at home because nothing and no one are ever perfect. Perfectionism can lead to isolation for various reasons. You won't want to let people get too close to you lest they perceive your short-comings. This leaves you without alliances, and out of loop. Perfectionism also makes you a poor risk-taker and taking risks is often required in business. Perfectionists become dysfunctional when something comes up that they've never seen before, or if they're asked to try something different that seems risky to them. It can also keep you from meeting deadlines. When you're a perfectionist, your timidity and concern won't always be perceived as that; more often it's perceived as arrogance. It appears to others that you think you're better than them, because you have an exalted standard of performance for yourself. For that reason a perfectionist can appear intimidating and overly-demanding.
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