PAO stands for Problems Are Opportunities and is a mindset, a philosophy, an attitude, a way of looking at and approaching life. The PAO mindset realizes that if you are alive, you’re going to have problems, little ones, medium-size ones, and big ones. It doesn’t matter who you are, how rich, or powerful, or famous, or beautiful, or physically strong, or gifted, or smart, or kind, or popular you are, you will be faced with problems. And a lot of times your problems will seem undeserved, unfair, or unjust, and your natural reaction to these problems will be to ask “Why me?”, and to feel a bit of self-pity, maybe even anger.
But, when you have the PAO mindset, which takes time and practice to develop, you don’t see problems as punishments, inconveniences or obstacles. You see them as opportunities. Opportunities to learn, to grow, prosper spiritually and financially. When you have the PAO mindset you don’t ask “Why me?”, instead you ask,”How can I prosper and grow from this opportunity?” Because EVERYTHING that has been created by people from the beginning of time has come from someone asking that question.
It’s not easy to develop the PAO mindset, because it’s in our nature to try to avoid discomfort, hard work, and pain. But successful people are the ones who have trained themselves to embrace those things because they know that discovery comes from discomfort, happiness comes from hard work, and progress and prosperity come from pain.
We will take a look at some different types of problems and a few of the myriad of opportunities they present us to prosper. But first, let’s examine the difference between the PAO mindset and what I call the PIE mindset.
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