RULE 03 OF 13 · PART 1: THE REACTION
Nobody is coming.
Stop waiting for the check, the call, the promotion or the person who's going to fix it. That's good news.
WHERE YOU ARE · MOVE 2 OF 6: OWN IT
Somewhere in your life right now, you're waiting on something.
A promotion that's been coming for two review cycles. A check that will finally let you breathe. A partner who's going to change once things calm down. A market that's going to turn. You might call it patience. Look at what you're doing with the problem while you wait. Nothing. You've handed it to the future and asked it to call you back.
The future charges for storage. Every month you wait, the problem you're not touching adds interest, and the person you're waiting on isn't the one paying it. You are.
Nobody is coming is good news, because the day you stop waiting is the day you start collecting, and you keep everything you build. Chapter 3 separates asking for help from being helpless, deals honestly with problems that aren't your fault, and answers "the system is rigged" and "as soon as things settle down."
THE RULE, AGAIN
Every problem has a price, and every problem pays.
NOBODY GETS TO NOT PAY. YOU ONLY GET TO CHOOSE THE COLUMN.
SAY IT OUT LOUD
Nobody's coming to save me. Good.
Name the thing you're waiting for. A check, a call, a promotion, an apology, a better market. Then write down the date you'll stop waiting for it. Make it this month.
THE NEXT MOVE
The full chapter is in the book.
The stories, the objections and the teaching behind Rule 3 are in Chapter 3 of Problems Pay.