Some years ago, when the world seemed to close in on me and I felt as
though I was trapped between the sword and the wall, I made an exciting
discovery. Actually, it was a phenomenon that was as old as dirt but it
took on significant meanings for me because it freed me from all my
problems and all the stresses and pressures that were being imposed upon me.
I discovered that there is only one simple root cause of all
problems. When this primal cause becomes known, understood and properly
applied, all problems disappear like snowflakes on a hot griddle. In fact
this discovery launched me on a life-long career as a professional problem
solver for a widely diverse personal, professional and corporate client
base that included many of the giants of American business.
I had discovered the law of opposites.
Take just a minute and think about the world you live in. Have you ever
noticed how everything you're involved in is comprised of
opposites? Opposites abound everywhere and in every situation. Webster has
many definitions for opposites but they are best summed up in the one where
he defines opposites as "elements that are so far apart as to be totally
irreconcilable".
For example, we have such irreconcilable opposites as up and down, left and
right, short and tall, light and dark, assets and liabilities, success and
failure, freedom and bondage and on and on and on. I doubt that you think
of anything that does not have an implied opposite
Think about it: We live in a world of division. We live in a world where
"twoness" prevails; a world of duality where very position, situation and
condition is challenged by some alternative where one side is always
pulling against another or pushing up against a wall that will not yield.
This is living in a world that is perfectly designed to promote struggle,
turmoil, conflict, confusion, disputes and disagreements. This law of
opposites is the cause of all problems. Without knowing how to control or
overcome this law of opposites, people try to adapt to it without
realizing that by so doing they only succeed in increasing their
frustrations and prolonging any solution. Is it any wonder that so many
people are suffering such pressures, stresses and anxieties!
If these people could somehow prevent this law from operating in their
individual experiences they could enjoy living is a world where oneness
prevailed and those things we call problems would have no influence over them.
This might be best illustrated by using such familiar opposites as positive
and negative. Positives and negatives are opposites and have nothing in
common. They cannot mix or commingle. Neither can one be described in
term of the other. Try as you might, you cannot successfully justify one
to the other. They are opposites. It is the law!
A problem is defined by Webster as "an intricate, unsettled question
without an answer; a source of perplexity and vexation". By their very
nature, problems are negative. Webster defines "negative" as "something
that is the opposite, or negation, of something". That "something" is the
positiveness of the problem's solution. Webster's definition of "positive"
is "that which is real, not speculative, not fictitious and logically
affirmative; that which has actual existence".
Just as a negative has absolutely no positive characteristics, so a
positive has absolutely no negative characteristics. They are
opposites. It is the law! And because it is an absolute, universal law it
is not subject to chance, change, modification, circumvention or
debate. It maintains its own integrity, is self- enforcing and works
simply because it exists.forever! When properly applied it is your
absolute assurance of successful conclusions.
The problem is negative and unreal. The objective is positive and
real. Logic, then, demands that in order to experience your goal or
objective or receive the answer to your question, you must discipline
yourself to maintain a mind-set that is responsive to the positive ideas
that will dissolve your negative problems.
This is probably the most demanding discipline you will ever be faced with
because we've been trained to accept both positives and negatives as
real. From this premise, we attempt to solve a problem by confronting it
as an adversary with which we are compelled to do battle. We try to
"understand" it and "deal" with it as though it were a reality instead of
simply being a negation of that which we are seeking.
Does all this sound too abstract to be practical in what we call the "real"
world of nuts and bolts? While individual circumstances will vary, the
procedural application of this law is always the same.
( See my article "Taking the Problem Out of Problem Solving")
Consider this case study: Static sale plagued a company and great
effort and money was invested to find some means by which they could
increase the sales volume of their product. Their best efforts failed and
they resigned themselves to the conviction that the market was flooded to
the point of saturation and nothing further could be done. They were
prepared to "eat their losses" and move on.
Then the principles embodied in this discovery were initiated by one
individual who, in the secrecy of his own thought, maintained the integrity
of this positive, constructive, solution oriented approach. He mentally
rejected all discussions that focused on the "problem" even though
circumstances required that he be involved in them. Soon a plan began
developing in his thought. Every detail of a brand new merchandising
procedure unfolded that was a radical departure from all traditional
methods. The plan was implemented and sales increased immediately to a
level that far exceeded the company's most optimistic projections. As an
added bonus, the implementation of this plan did not require any additional
capital expenditures.
This confirms Victor Hugo's statement that, "there is nothing more powerful
than the right idea whose time has come".
The sales "problem" simply disappeared. Why? Because, being an unreal
negation, it never did have the substance or reality of its positive
opposite. Where did the problem go? It went to the same place the flat
world went as soon as Columbus discovered that it was really round. It
didn't "go" anywhere because it wasn't a real "something" to begin with!
Details of this discovery are fully outlined in a logical continuity of
demonstrable natural laws and principles in my latest book "The DYNAMICS of
ACHIEVEMENT".
For more than 40 years Davis Goss has been a creative consultant with
particular expertise in problem solving for widely divers client base that
has included many of the giants of American business. His latest book,
"The DYNAMICS of ACHIEVEMENT": outlines the details of his unique problem
solving methods that are based solely on proven scientific principles.
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Davis Goss
"The Science of Building Harmonious Life Experiences"
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