Quotes about problem-solving

It is never prudent to bury our heads in the sand when in distress or faced with adversity to place our hands over our eyes in a feeble attempt to hide from the inevitable.

Every problem has a solution it may sometimes just need another perspective.

Much of our existence is to deal with steep problems and slippery solutions the rest is the celebration of life!

Life is a series of puzzles all you have to do is solve the puzzles.

Be a problem solver be a peace builder.

If you choose to not deal with an issue,then you give up your right of control over the issue and it will select the path of least resistance.

The problem is not the misunderstanding we have, but the understanding we have missed. We must come to come to a certain understanding; to understand understanding, we need to understand understanding and we must understand with understanding!

The problem is not the misunderstanding we have, but the understanding we have missed. We must come to a certain understanding; to understand understanding, we need to understand understanding and we must understand with understanding.

Actually I've never seen a cycle-maintenance problem complex enough really to require full-scale formal scientific method. Repair problems are not that hard. When I think of formal scientific method an image sometimes comes to mind of an enormous juggernaut, a huge bulldozer-slow, tedious, lumbering, laborious, but invincible. It takes twice as long, five times as long, maybe a dozen times as long as informal mechanic's techniques, but you know in the end you're going to get it. There's no fault

Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes there solution. Within this space - between these apparent poles - life flows.

A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.

A key to healthy problem solving is good communication.

You can't solve problems until you understand the other side." –Jeffrey Manber

Open-mindedness is a precondition for generating new ideas, but focusing on the problem is almost equally important.

It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated as a calculus equation.

Americans have a tendency to believe that when there's a problem there must be a solution.

Anxiously, he touched the lump on his head again, then felt his injured leg, groaning. "The whole affair is a mystery to me," he said. "Who would want to steal anything from me?" "Perhaps a thief...?" ventured Julius.

When you feel a weak moment coming on, the key is self-control.

Every problem is like a red signal from traffic lights. if you wait for sometime it will turn green.What a valuable lesson I have learned." - Gavhi Theron.P

Some people are constructive, if you like. Others are destructive. It's this diversity in humankind that results in some making positive contributions and some negative contributions. It's necessary to have enough to make positive contributions to overcome the problems of each age.

You have to be able to look objectively at the problem, deflating the emotional part of it.

Pattern Thinking is a type of problem-solving thinking.

We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them

Extroverts are more likely to take a quick-and-dirty approach to problem-solving, trading accuracy for speed, making increasing numbers of mistakes as they go, and abandoning ship altogether when the problem seems too difficult or frustrating. Introverts think before they act, digest information thoroughly, stay on task longer, give up less easily, and work more accurately. Introverts and extroverts also direct their attention differently: if you leave them to their own devices, the introverts t

Tilly screamed. Anna’s shocked brain only registered annoyance at the sound. Really, when had someone screaming ever solved a problem? She recognized her fixation on this irritation as her own way of avoiding the horror in front of her, but only in a distant and dreamy sort of way.

If you ever find yourself in a jam, just take a moment to sit and think; calculate things, look at every angle, and then wonder where all that jam came from.

We’ll never solve the problems we don’t talk about.

The beauty of problem-solving is that, unlike punishment, it offers endless possibilities. If you're committed to punishment and your child continues to misbehave, all you can do is punish more severely. You might hit him harder or take away more privileges, but chances are you won't get any closer to your goal of having a cooperative child. And you'll create a lot of ill will in the process. With problem-solving, you can always go back and brainstorm some more. When you put your heads together,

When there is conflict between us, we don't need to put our energy into fighting each other. We can combine forces to search for a solution that respects the needs of all parties. The child is an active participant in solving his problems. This will stand him in good stead in the years to come.

There is always a solution to every problem! Fishy

Rather than micro-managing to resolve every problem, create the right atmosphere, process, and system that facilitate effective problem solving.

To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.

Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked.- In order to forget - replied the drunkard.- To forget what? - inquired the little prince, who was already feeling sorry for him.- To forget that I am ashamed - the drunkard confessed, hanging his head.- Ashamed of what? - asked the little prince who wanted to help him.- Ashamed of drinking! - concluded the drunkard, withdrawing into total silence.And the little prince went away, puzzled.'Grown-ups really are very, very odd', he said to himself as

To fundamentally solve a problem, we must understand it's cause. In that I mean the chain of actions or circumstances that led to the problem--rather than only the immediate cause, which serves only to place blame.

When things go wrong, just do your best to make it through the day and you'll be okay in a short time.

Listening and showing you are there for someone is often more important than trying to find a "fix" for a problem. I wish there were more people who practice this.

Imperfect knowledge, incomplete assessment of feedback, limited memory and recall, as well as poor problem-solving skills result in a form of rationality that attains not optimal decisions but more or less satisfactory compromises between conflicting constraints.

Being a solution and not a problem proves progression.

Businesses need to be more alert. Sometimes the problem is not the customer service, it is the product.

Find the problems—not to complain—but to solve.

I have a whole set of problem-solving behaviors and I am anxious to use them, in much the same way that I would stand up on the train to give my seat to someone who seems to need it more than I do: here is something I can address, and I do, and all is well.

For what I am suggesting is that concern for the mysterious is at the heart of the humanities, whereas at the heart of the sciences there is a concern with the problematic. That this is a contrast, and not a dichotomy, is seen in the way in which problem-solving has a place in the humanities—though the most significant kind of problem is one that, in Marcel’s language, ‘conceals a mystery’—and in the complementary way in which some scientists, such as Einstein, have spoken of a deepening sense o

My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.

Everybody is fighting a hard battle that you know nothing about, never give up with yours.

There is no fault, only responsibility.

Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid. In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond all the beaten paths. And it’s not always at the top of the mountain. It might be in a crack on the smoothest cliff or somewhere deep in the valley.

TACKLE the ROOT CAUSE not the EFFECT.

To foster a solution mindset, tell employees that you are not interested in who or what caused the problem. You are only interested in hearing how we plan to go beyond the problem.

Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once.

The depth of any story is proportionate to the protagonist's commitment to their goal, the complexity of the problem, and the grace of the solution.

A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.

Look at your heart-flower and smile.You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.

Plan B” is nonsense. Successful people come up with plans A, B, C, D . . . all the way to Z. That’s how life works. If you’renot constantly looking for and testing solutions, that’s probably why you’re on the hamster wheel that you’re on right now.

When I was up there, stranded by myself, did I think I was going to die? Yes. Absolutely, and that’s what you need to know going in because it’s going to happen to you. This is space. It does not cooperate. At some point everything is going to go south on you. Everything is going to go south and you’re going to say 'This is it. This is how I end.' Now you can either accept that or you can get to work. That’s all it is. You just begin. You do the math, you solve one problem. Then you solve the ne

There are only two ways to solve a problem: stop dwelling, and start doing.

Your problems aren't too big -- perhaps your worship is too small.

Mankind, as history tells us over and over again, seeks the least painful solution and, as a result, ends up exchanging one problem foranother

Innovation becomes simply “creating value by solving simple or complex problems.

The defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts.

What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.

Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.

Nothing is easier than yesterday's solutions.

We are besieged by simple problems.... Checklists can provide protection

The first step to solving your problem is admitting that you have one.

Strategic execution always solves problems

Our lives are cluttered by complexities and that leads to problems. Genius is the one solves simple problems which seem complicated.

Success is a collection of problems solved.

There are problems humans cannot solve, to wit: density dependent birth rates, loss of genetic diversity, the overturning of his population pyramid, traveling to the nearest star, and the extinction of Man.

Every problem I have comes from believing something to be true that is not true.

Surrendering yourself to God is the only solution to all your problems.

Most problems can be effectively dealt with before they are in full swing.

Go right to the solution so that there won't be a problem.-Colette

I don’t think it’s right that I’m part of the problem. I can’t be part of the solution if I’m part of the problem

Brainstorming is the nexus of ideas.

When an idea for solving a problem suddenly presents itself, ask yourself if all circumstances related to the problem were properly analyzed.

The precondition for solving a problem is having a clear idea on how tosolve it.

Be solution oriented. Infect everyone with enthusiasm.

Life discoveries are lead by an acceptance of mistakes and efforts to correct them.

I am always trying to figure God out so that I can figure Him in. But after a while I figure that I should just let God be God, and figure that He’ll figure it all out anyway.

We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than to hear.

Framing the right problem is equally or even more important than solving it.

We spend most of the time justifying the situation and not finding the real problem thus leaving minimal chance of solutions.

If you can’t see a solution it does not mean it doesn’t exist, you are just blind to it

All too often, our elegant political theories amount to nothing more than ideology triumphing over common sense.

Do you want to resolve a conflict successfully? Don't wait, start a conversation.

Each person must implement their preferred problem solving method to address existential questions pertaining to life and death, living and loving, working and playing, resting and restructuring.

How will history judge us? Will our tales be sources of inspiration, or wells of caution?

The idea of being vulnerable leaves a lot of room for choice. There is always room to be less foldable, more evil.

I had uncovered a widely held but overlooked attachment: our attachment to the view that every problem must have a solution. We delude ourselves that we can think our way out of a problem or we see it as a matter of finding the right person to advise us. We become beggars for our problems, asking numerous people for an opinion. So often, we refuse to relax until a problem is fixed, only to discover our inability to relax was most of the problem.

It is the attention we give to bad situations that stops us from getting out of them.

Don’t throw good ideas away until you’ve considered all of your options.

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be pat

...innovation is highly context-dependent. It is a response to a particular problem at a particular time and place. Take away the context, and you remove both the spur to innovation, and its raw material.

If your glass seems half empty, use a smaller glass.

I never see problems. I always see challenges. By definition, a problem is something unwelcome or harmful, whereas a challenge is a contest. Contests can be won; and, I love winning.

In reality, commissions rarely solve complicated problems. Therefore, the following question arises: what is worse – to establish a commission knowing it cannot solve a complicated problem, or to believe that the commission will truly solve such a problem?

You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.

The pain of problems is a call to find solutions rather than a reason for unhappiness and inaction, so it's silly, pointless, and harmful to be upset at the problems and choices that come at you (though it’s understandable).

I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.