“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Founder of the Ford Motor Company

This is an interesting quote that I came across. I am into quotes and trying to figure out the meaning behind them. This is one is particularly interesting because of how it relates to many people on a daily basis. We as people often try to find fault in things. This finding of fault sometimes brings about weaknesses in those that we found faults in. Its even more interesting because people find fault without reference to how the fault can be overcome to find a remedy. This applies to personal as well as business experiences. Many times people look at a business, whether it’s from the perspective of an employee or stockholder and say why would they make such a dumb decision. Are they trying to lose money? I would have done it differently. I would have made a better decision.

In the end though, people typically do not have a remedy or even a suggestion to the problem. Many times there is not a ”better” answer, there are just different ways to look at issues.

In this time of economic uncertainty, we all need to be willing to give suggestions to each other so we can become stronger and overcome an adversity that we face. Let’s make sure we stay upbeat, positive and make things happen. It’s better to find the good in things.