Recently, I overheard a conversation. My friend was asking another friend, who was out of job and currently looking for a new employment, about the success so far. The answer was that he was considered for one job, but then failed the ‘stupid’ psychometric test. I enquired a bit more. The psychometric test turned out to be a regular IQ test. The person in question was a degree holder and didn’t appear stupid to me, but rather fairly smart. My advice was, standard IQ tests focus on three areas related to the basic understanding of geometry, mathematics, and language. It takes a bit of getting used to such tests. There are plenty of IQ test available for self-testing and exercise purposes. It is easy to get them and practice. Bigger familiarity of these tests will give you better results and you can pass the test easier. I am not sure what that says about the quality of the test; however, the fact remains that they are commonly used and we need to deal with it.
My real point here is that many problems are self-inflicted, in other words, can be avoided. Just use the knowledge and advice available. Do your own thinking and, in my mind, most problems can be avoided?
Some examples:
Telling people off – Many have this unbelievable urge to tell people off, when they feel that they have been wronged. It is easy to predict that ‘telling off’ others makes you temporarily feel good but the relationship with the other person is affected. Cooperation with person will suffer. Self-inflicted problem? For sure!
Business is slow – My business this year started slowly. Sure, as an alibi, I can tell myself that we are just coming out of an economic crisis. However, when I am really honest to myself, I have to conclude that I didn’t use the ‘free time’ last year well enough to lay the ground work for developing new business ideas. In other words, I have been a bit lazy and in my mind used the ‘bad economy’ as an excuse to reduce my efforts to get business going. Self-inflicted problem? To a very high degree!
New stuff – Many, it seems to be getting more severe with age, reject new things, hence the willingness to learn and understand diminishes. There comes the point in time when this person becomes ‘outdated’. Self-inflicted problem? For sure! There is no evidence that you can’t learn new stuff whatever age we are.
Healthy lifestyle - Although a lot of things are not proven 100%, there seem to be a very strong correlation between a healthy lifestyle and living longer in good health. I can conclude this with a comment from my late father who died of lung cancer. I still remember his words: ‘I knew all the time that smoking is not healthy but I continued, because I thought ‘nothing can touch me’. Now I have to pay the price.’ Self-inflicted problem? Sadly, likely!
My real point here is that many problems are self-inflicted, in other words, can be avoided. Just use the knowledge and advice available. Do your own thinking and, in my mind, most problems can be avoided?
Some examples:
Telling people off – Many have this unbelievable urge to tell people off, when they feel that they have been wronged. It is easy to predict that ‘telling off’ others makes you temporarily feel good but the relationship with the other person is affected. Cooperation with person will suffer. Self-inflicted problem? For sure!
Business is slow – My business this year started slowly. Sure, as an alibi, I can tell myself that we are just coming out of an economic crisis. However, when I am really honest to myself, I have to conclude that I didn’t use the ‘free time’ last year well enough to lay the ground work for developing new business ideas. In other words, I have been a bit lazy and in my mind used the ‘bad economy’ as an excuse to reduce my efforts to get business going. Self-inflicted problem? To a very high degree!
New stuff – Many, it seems to be getting more severe with age, reject new things, hence the willingness to learn and understand diminishes. There comes the point in time when this person becomes ‘outdated’. Self-inflicted problem? For sure! There is no evidence that you can’t learn new stuff whatever age we are.
Healthy lifestyle - Although a lot of things are not proven 100%, there seem to be a very strong correlation between a healthy lifestyle and living longer in good health. I can conclude this with a comment from my late father who died of lung cancer. I still remember his words: ‘I knew all the time that smoking is not healthy but I continued, because I thought ‘nothing can touch me’. Now I have to pay the price.’ Self-inflicted problem? Sadly, likely!
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