When I was a young man, I was plagued by cluster migraine headaches. These episodes were so debilitating that recovery often took days. Even after the headaches ended, I would feel like I lost a fist fight and took a good pounding.

The doctors said that this was because my brain was literally bruised from the attacks, and that all I could do was learn to cope with the disorder. Fortunately, I became very adept at using beta blockers when I sensed a swelling behind my eyes and was able to squelch the onset of the worst part of the migraine.

It would stop the problem in its tracks!

For many years, I had no more episodes. However, recently, the headaches have started occurring again. And they are getting progressively worse. I don’t know if it’s the result of stress but it looks like I’m going to need medical treatment again. Since the beta blockers worked before, I’m going to try them again to head off the attacks before they explode in my head!

In business, there are also preventive measures that we can take to avoid disasters down the road. When we sense that initial pressure of something going awry, we can move quickly to squelch the problem in its earliest stages.

By doing so, we can eliminate the painful results of negligence and the debilitating effect to our bottom line!

And stop the problems in their tracks!