In American society we are told to medicate pain, numb the senses, ease a tense day with TV, shield us from boredom with video games, numb us from seeing someone else’s sadness by looking away. This desensitization also stops us from growing.
Growth comes from pain. The old saying is that a child is having growing pains as their legs stretch reminds us where the term comes from. In business the pain could be spending a lot of your time on one uncooperative employee or one miscommunication with a customer.
I encourage you instead of taking a numbing pill or firing employees, next time take a moment to truly feel the pain. Become aware of how it feels and what the main root cause of it is. And then start to fix the problem slowly with a long term view to never let the pain happen again.
A quick fix solution is just that it stops the pain now. I encourage my clients to do the hard work to ensure the pain does not return.