challenged

ChallengeIsGood

ByShawnaSchuh

Ifyou'reinbusiness,you'rstatementforsure,butthe

challengesofhavingabusinessare,inaway,Iequate

challengeswithperks?Becauthechallengeswecomplainaboutmost,oratleast

loudestare,intheend,llengeabout

challengesisthedelusionthatthey'rebad.

Wow!llengeaboutchallengesisthe

delusionthatanychallengeisbad!Thewordchallengemeans,accordingtoWebster,

"Acallorsummonstoengageinanycontest;asofskill,strength,etc."The

thesaurusdefineschallengeas,"Toconfront,facehead-on,thatare

actionsandmovement-oriented."

Manyofuseachallengeasaproblem,adifficulty,

verywellcouldbetheca,

dependsonhowwechootolookatit-justlikelife.

Owningabusinessprentsuswithmanychallengestoconfront,facehead-on,and

'sachallengetokeepclientscurrentandup-to-date,it'sa

challengetokeeptheteammotivatedandfocud,andit'sachallengetomakesure

llengescontinue,butso

doestheevolution.

Thechallengesofbusinesscanalsoproducethemostinnovativeandbrilliant

urealizehowimportantitisforpeopletoknowwhat'sgoingon

bothinternallyandexternally,youcanputsystemsinplacetoprovideinformation,

amwantstofeellikeateam,andby

enlistingtheirhelpyoucandevelopstrategiesandplanstohandleanychallenges

thatdevelop.

nttoexceland

prosperwehavetogrow,andthatinvolvesovercomingchallenges.

Whenthingsaregoingwell,whyshouldwechange?Thegoal,items,wouldbeto

getsystemsinplaceandtheteaminlinesoapersoncouldtakeamuch-needed

,whatifinstead,apersonembracedthechallengesand

tookbreaksduringandaroundthechallenges,sothatcriticalthinkingcanoccur?

Ifwethoughtofchallengesasthefunpart,wecouldapproachhowwedealwith

theminapositiveway,insteadoftheusual"Howdowedealwiththis?"thatusually

accompaniesachallenge.

Anewpersonjoinedourteamrecentlyand,totellyouthetruth,I'vebeenina

wnwiththisvery

accomplishedwomanandsaid,"Mistakesaren'tbadthingsifwelearnfromthem."I

gwiththemistake,however,was

anotherpersontotheteam

broughtunforeenchallengesthatIhadconsideredbuthadnotreallybeen

inuestoprentnewchallengesbutithasalsobroughtmany

a

goodthing.

I'vebeenhearingalotabouthowinthiscurrenteconomy,weallhavetodoalot

morewithalotless,-butit'salsothebesttime

forcreativity,'sallinhowwe

llengeofthiconomyisthedelusion

thatit'romidusthatlifewouldbewithoutchallenges,butwouldn't

thatbeboringanyway?

Idon'tknowaboutyou,butI're

challengingtimes,excitingtimes,'tyougladyou'rein

businessrightnow?