hidden in both these alternatives, we start to recognize the presence of deeper problems, shift them at their source, and transcend the attitudes and ideas that got us into trouble in the first place. We can then move on to discover newer, higher orders of problems.
Taking a negative approach to problems is the first step in recognizing their presence, but it is one that easily leads to cynicism and apathy, which disarm change efforts and thereby perpetuate the problem. Taking a positive approach leads us to come up with alternatives, but it also easily results in denial that the problem is as important or destructive as it is, which leads us to fix it superficially. Taking a transcendent approach means seeing the problem in all its manifestations but not being discouraged by the seriousness or difficulty of the task ahead. This leads to an enhanced commitment to transcend the problem both internally within ourselves and externally within the organization or even in society as a whole.
We become far more powerful and effective in solving problems when we have already solved them within ourselves and are able to approach them from above; when we adopt an outlook that transcends negative and positive characterizations; when we create a context that is oriented toward the future and avoids getting stuck in the past.
At the same time, if we focus only on ourselves and ignore the external conditions that continually generate new problems, we will not succeed in overcoming them. We will merely escape the immediate need to face them and allow them to reappear in different guises. When we transform the systems that produced these problems and transcend our inner vulnerability to them, we more easily understand how we got into difficulty in the first place, how to collaborate in ending them, and how to avoid similar problems in the future.
The object of waking people up and using turnaround processes and techniques is ultimately to understand that our most difficult problems are already solved, transformed, and transcended when we approach them with awareness, authenticity, congruence, and commitment. This knowledge brings with it the realization that there is nothing that cannot be improved or made better through a combination of individual and collective awareness leading to committed action; that all of life is a process of waking up and turning around; and that everything that happens presents us with opportunities for transcendence.
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