the best way to escape from a problem is to solve it

wrong way to solve a problem

observations about problems that every one of you are going to connect

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem as you had last year.

What's a minor problem? It's your problem.

what's a major problem? It's my problem

perspective of the problem is because that's going to be what makes you or breaks you

the right perspective is the problems are solvable.

And the wrong perspective is of course the problems are unsolvable

A right perspective is that problems are temporary.

A wrong perspective is that problems are permanent

A right perspective is that problems are a part of life. I mean, that's just the way life is. Life is filled with problems. The wrong perspective is to think that problems are not a part of life

A right perspective is that problems make us better. But if we have a wrong perspective, we'll look at problems and they will make us bitter

problems challenge us. We look at our problems and we find that we're challenged by them. A wrong perspective is that problems control us, until all of a sudden we become a victim and say, "My goodness, what can I do here?"

A right perspective is that problems stretches and a wrong perspective is that problems stop us.

solving problems is not the problem itself, but it's our perspective of the problems. Here's what I mean, if you've got a wrong perspective of problems, if it's a little problem, it'll still defeat you. If you have a right perspective of problems, it could be big and you can defeat it. It's not the size of the problem, it's the perspective

problems responded to correctly advance us forward. If we respond correctly to the problems we make advancement in our lives. Let me read this section right now in your notes. Problems are God given opportunities to grow, challenges which drive us to deeper understanding and maturity, that's what problems do for us. Problems come from the Greek word proballein, which means to throw or to drive forward.

The Greek root word basically of the problems is that it's to throw or to drive us forward.

the size of the person is more important than the size of the problem.

Orison Martin said, "Obstacles will look large or small to you, according to whether you are large or small. And you can easily determine it and you notice the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him."