Happy Birthday to Classy Problems 🥳🥳

If you’ve sat at our table for dinner, we know you’ve heard us say ‘classy problem’ more than once.

We’ve been reading Classy’s daily riffs for 365+ days, and a year of Classy Problems has taught us this: growth doesn’t come from epic breakthroughs, it comes from showing up every day.

What IS a classy problem, you ask? Dan T. Rogers breaks it down for us.

What is a classy problem?

I used to think every problem

was a real problem.

Like survival was on the line.

Turns out, most weren’t.

Most were classy problems.

A real problem is life or death.

Not “feels like I’m dying,”

not “this might kill me,”

but actual, imminent survival.

By theboss’s generosity,

those moments are rare.

Everything else?

Time to figure it out = classy

Time to practice = classy

Time to discern = classy

A classy problem isn’t a crisis.

It’s a gift.

The moment I'm given time

to choose,

to figure it out,

I’m not surviving anymore.

I'm in a living moment,

a post-survival moment.

I have

a classy problem.

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