Some years ago, when the world seemed to close in on me and I felt
asthough I was trapped between the sword and the
wall, I made an
excitingdiscovery. Actually, it was a phenomenon that was as old as
dirt but ittook on significant meanings for me because it freed me from
all myproblems and all the stresses and pressures that were being
imposed uponme.I discovered that there is only one simple root
cause of all problems.When this primal cause becomes known, understood
and properly applied, allproblems disappear like snowflakes on a hot
griddle. In fact thisdiscovery launched me on a life-long career as a
professional problemsolver for a widely diverse personal, professional
and corporate clientbase that included many of the giants of American
business.I had discovered the law of opposites.Take just
a minute and think about the world you live in. Have you evernoticed
how everything you''re involved in is comprised of opposites?Opposites
abound everywhere and in every situation. Webster has manydefinitions
for opposites but they are best summed up in the one where hedefines
opposites as "elements that are so far apart as to be
totallyirreconcilable".For example, we have such irreconcilable
opposites as up and down, leftand right, short and tall, light and
dark, assets and liabilities,success and failure, freedom and bondage
and on and on and on. I doubtthat you think of anything that does not
have an implied oppositeThink about it: We live in a world of
division. We live in a world where"twoness" prevails; a world of
duality where very position, situation andcondition is challenged by
some alternative where one side is alwayspulling against another or
pushing up against a wall that will not yield.This is living in
a world that is perfectly designed to promote struggle,turmoil,
conflict, confusion, disputes and disagreements. This law ofopposites
is the cause of all problems. Without knowing how to control orovercome
this law of opposites, people try to adapt to it withoutrealizing that
by so doing they only succeed in increasing theirfrustrations and
prolonging any solution. Is it any wonder that so manypeople are
suffering such pressures, stresses and anxieties!If these people
could somehow prevent this law from operating in theirindividual
experiences they could enjoy living is a world where onenessprevailed
and those things we call problems would have no influence overthem.This
might be best illustrated by using such familiar opposites aspositive
and negative. Positives and negatives are opposites and havenothing in
common. They cannot mix or commingle. Neither can one bedescribed in
term of the other. Try as you might, you cannot successfullyjustify one
to the other. They are opposites. It is the law!A problem is
defined by Webster as "an intricate, unsettled questionwithout an
answer; a source of perplexity and vexation". By their verynature,
problems are negative. Webster defines "negative" as "somethingthat is
the opposite, or negation, of something". That "something" is
thepositiveness of the problem''s solution. Webster''s definition
of"
positive" is "that which is real, not speculative, not fictitious
andlogically affirmative; that which has actual existence".Just
as a negative has absolutely no positive characteristics, so apositive
has absolutely no negative characteristics. They are opposites.It is
the law! And because it is an absolute, universal law it is notsubject
to chance, change, modification, circumvention or debate. Itmaintains
its own integrity, is self- enforcing and works simply becauseit
exists?forever! When properly applied it is your absolute assurance
ofsuccessful conclusions.The problem is negative and unreal. The
objective is positive and real.Logic, then, demands that in order to
experience your goal or objective orreceive the answer to your
question, you must discipline yourself tomaintain a mind-set that is
responsive to the positive that willdissolve your negative
problems.This is probably the most demanding discipline you will
ever be faced withbecause we''ve been trained to accept both positives
and negatives asreal. From this premise, we attempt to solve a problem
by confrontingit as an adversary with which we are compelled to do
battle. We try to"understand" it and "deal" with it as though it were a
reality instead ofsimply being a negation of that which we are seeking.Does
all this sound too abstract to be practical in what we call the"real"
world of nuts and bolts? While individual circumstances will vary,the
procedural application of this law is always the same.( See my article
"Taking the Problem Out of Problem Solving")Consider this case study:
Static sale plagued a company and great effortand money was invested to
find some means by which they could increase thesales volume of their
product. Their best efforts failed and theyresigned themselves to the
conviction that the market was flooded to thepoint of saturation and
nothing further could be done. They were preparedto "eat their losses"
and move on.Then the
principles embodied in this discovery were
initiated by oneindividual who, in the secrecy of his own thought,
maintained theintegrity of this positive, constructive, solution
oriented approach. Hementally rejected all discussions that focused on
the "problem" eventhough circumstances required that he be involved in
them. Soon a planbegan developing in his thought. Every detail of a
brand newmerchandising procedure unfolded that was a radical departure
from alltraditional methods. The plan was implemented and sales
increasedimmediately to a level that far exceeded the company''s most
optimisticprojections. As an added bonus, the implementation of this
plan did notrequire any additional capital expenditures.This confirms Victor Hugo''s statement that, "there is nothing morepowerful than the right idea whose time has come".The
sales "problem" simply disappeared. Why? Because, being an
unrealnegation, it never did have the substance or reality of its
positiveopposite. Where did the problem go? It went to the same place
the flatworld went as soon as Columbus discovered that it was really
round. Itdidn''t "go" anywhere because it wasn''t a real "something" to
begin with!Details of this discovery are fully outlined in a
logical continuity ofdemonstrable natural laws and principles in my
latest book "The DYNAMICSof ACHIEVEMENT".For more than 40 years
Davis Goss has been a creative consultant withparticular expertise in
problem solving for widely divers client base thathas included many of
the giants of American business. His latest book,"The DYNAMICS of
ACHIEVEMENT": outlines the details of his unique problemsolving methods
that are based solely on proven scientific principles.Davis Goss
has had more than 40 years experience as a creative consultant to the
benefit of a widely diverse client base that has included amny nof the
giants of American busibess. His particular expertise in problem
solving and new product development. His latest book "The DYNAMICS of
ACHIEVEMENT" details the continuity of his scientific approach whichis
based solely on natural laws and principles