Should you treat a symptom? It depends…
Suppressing symptoms might allow you to ignore the problem, making it worse in the long run. Some treatments bring potential side effects that can be as bad or worse than the original problem.
What if the symptom is painful or might cause other, bigger problems before the cause can be addressed? Alleviate the symptom, but do so with the intent of addressing the cause as soon as you can.
If alleviating the symptom is not urgent, it might be best to leave it alone while you work on the cause. Sometimes you can use changes in the symptom as feedback on whether the cause has been resolved. Also, living with the symptom might give you an incentive to make a sustained change.
Do you alleviate symptoms because you need to do or as a delaying tactic?
I often look to mitigate the symptoms… (if that is the right word). Avoiding uncomfortable situations. I recently watched a couple of marketing guys in actions sharing their thoughts on the catch 22 issue. Andrew and Pete, they hammered home the reason we not taking action is the fear but inside the fear is where the true action is hiding .
Current Symtoms:
– fluctuating income
– little time marketing
– little time studying
– sense of chasing my tail.
Big fear:
– investing money in website and sales funnel with associated time to be spent on resources for clients.
My catch 22
– I’m not marketing
– I’m afraid it won’t work
– I’m not very good at it
– I’m not marketing