{"id":36782,"date":"2014-11-14T14:28:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=36782"},"modified":"2014-11-14T14:28:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:28:20","slug":"getting-unstuck-whats-inside-your-pain-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/14\/getting-unstuck-whats-inside-your-pain-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Unstuck: What\u2019s Inside Your Pain Letter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Bissell (<\/em><\/strong>Chiba<\/em><\/strong><\/a>-ken, 1995-2000)<\/strong>\u00a0is the author of\u00a0Dream in Color, Think in Black\u00a0& White: How to Get Unstuck and Fulfill Your Dreams<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and CEO of High Performance Impact, LLC, an executive coaching firm helping proven and emerging leaders to\u00a0work happier by learning how to perform at their personal best.\u00a0He blogs at www.jonathanbissell.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

If you haven’t heard about them, pain letters<\/a><\/span> are a brilliant way to reach inside an organization and show key decision makers that you understand their pains (the real problems they’re facing) and have the experience and skill set to help solve them.<\/p>\n

Although it can be challenging as an outsider<\/em> to identify the real problems facing an organization, it’s often just as difficult to articulate your own real pains as an insider<\/em>. Trouble is,\u00a0it’s easy to\u00a0waste a lot of time, energy and money when\u00a0you’re not sure what\u00a0your real<\/em> problems are.<\/p>\n

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So here’s what to do: Use the questions below\u00a0as a guide, then quickly write yourself a bulleted\u00a0pain letter\u00a0describing your pains.\u00a0You’ll gain tremendous clarity on the real problems you’re facing – and you’ll be better equipped to see your pain from the perspective of an outsider.<\/p>\n

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  1. Symptom or Cause?<\/strong> When you’re running from one thing to the next, it’s difficult to quickly diagnose whether your pain is a symptom or a cause. So ask yourself this question: If I take away this pain, will the problem still remain? If the answer is yes, then you’re dealing with a symptom – and you need to dig deeper to find the true source of your pain. On the other hand, if your solution eliminates the source of your pain\u00a0and<\/em> solves a few other pains as well, then you’re most likely dealing with a cause. Focus your attention on causal pains and you’ll eliminate many of the symptoms as well.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Jonathan Bissell (Chiba-ken, 1995-2000)\u00a0is the author of\u00a0Dream in Color, Think in Black\u00a0& White: How to Get Unstuck and Fulfill Your Dreams\u00a0and CEO of High Performance Impact, LLC, an executive coaching firm helping proven and emerging leaders to\u00a0work happier by learning how to perform at their personal best.\u00a0He blogs at www.jonathanbissell.com.\u00a0 If you haven’t heard about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[73,10],"tags":[1308,1323],"class_list":["post-36782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-career","tag-getting-unstuck","tag-pain-letter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t