Problem input

I'm on holidays for the next week and I can't be happier. As the term wound down I was getting more and more ready for some time off as stress started to emerge.

During the week, at another two days of the leadership intensive that I'm attending, we spoke about weighing up they way that problems are fed. They suggested that, when faced with a problem, you form three groups. Facts, Gossip and Imagined.

Some input that you process is based on fact. The details are certain and confirmed.

Some input is secondary, based on hearsay and rumor.

Finally, some input is based solely in our imagination and false assumptions.

Troubles often arise and are nourished by the two later groups. Perhaps, if we focused on the first group, we would sleep better at night...