“Embrace your constraints. They are provocative. They are challenging. They wake you up. They make you more creative. They make you better.”_Biz Stone
For the person with the right perspective, every problem can be a source of discovery. But for someone with a wrong attitude, even an amazing gift may be transformed into a curse.
In other words, attitude is basically the difference-maker between the winners and losers of life.
So, in this article, I want to encourage you and myself to enthrone our resourcefulness and dethrone our tendencies to complain in the face of inevitable constraints of life.
Meet Your Constraints with Enthusiasm and Creativity
“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.”_ Jeff Bezos
In today’s world, the mass of people choose to spend a significant portion of their precious time complaining about the challenges that they face while some intelligent few tend to use those same constraints to nurture their enthusiasm and drive creative pursuits.
Truth be told, I have been among the former for a long period of time; but now, I have decided to join the caravan of the wisest few; the ones who have learnt to turn their adversities into an advantage rather than merely complain about them.
So, if you feel the same way and you have a project you envision to execute but you can’t seem to get started because you don’t have all the resources you need to succeed.
Instead of complaining about what you lack, why not enthusiastically start with what you have. Creatively give your best where you are now and trust that as you move forward better tools will be attracted to you.
A classic example in this direction is the case of Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group who had to drop out of school because of his leaning disability.
Instead lamenting and complaining about his natural deficiency: dyslexia. He concentrates on his gifts and goes on to achieve a remarkable success in business through creativity and enthusiasm.
You see, the critical ingredient for success in any endeavor is often our mental attitude. So instead of complaining about the bad cards in your hand, learn to find the ways to use them to your full benefit.
Let me conclude this article with the words of the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, Aza Raskin who proclaims that: “the beauty of turning constraints into advantages,” is not a matter of luck but a matter of design—a function of choice.
