When I focus on problems I tell myself a story about all the reasons I can’t do something. My energy decreases. Tension mounts. I feel it in my throat, chest and gut. I don’t problem-solve. I problem-fixate. Crafting solutions from this place inevitably brings me back to the same place I started.

Focusing on outcomes evokes a completely different quality. Now the story is about how I can use my available resources to move toward the vision. Tension transforms to motivation.

Problems don’t go away, but they don’t loom as large. Instead, I feel more expansive. As though the vision in my heart is moving through me.