Problem Solver Business Cartoon

Why Shouldn't I Try To Solve Everyone's Problems?

People often walk into my office with a problem.

If I am in a good place, I will ask many questions and help them solve their own problem, so they can feel good about themselves.

If I am in a bad place (low self-esteem, for example), I will ask many different questions that would help me solve the problem for them, so I can feel good about myself. The nature of the questions change because the same questions that would help me solve the problem may be very different from the questions that they would need to hear.

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