Cause and Effect

Cause…and Effect…Cause + Cause…Effect.

The world is a great cause and effect logic tree.  If you plant a tree and it gets fresh rain and sunshine, it will grow.  Cause + Cause = Effect.

The world is full of problems too.  I don’t make enough money.  I hate my job.  My spouse and I don’t get along.  I suck at golf.

Are these problems really what we should be focusing on to fix in our lives?  If the world is nothing but a bunch of causes and effects, then each of these problems must have a cause, right?  Why try to solve the effect, only for it to come back because we igored the real causes.

A simple solution to give all of us clarity on our ‘core’ problems in life is to ask why 5 times.  I don’t make enough money…why? Because my employer doesn’t pay me enough…why? Because he doesn’t feel I deserve more…why? Because I don’t do more than is asked of me to merit a raise…why? Because I don’t care enough = core problem.

The logic tree above could have several branches going to the top (the top is the verbalized problem: I don’t make enough money), but very few people associate that problem with a core problem within them.

Start to evaluate your problems at the core.  Change things that you can control.  Better your effects.