Have you ever tried to solve a tough problem and realized that your solutions just didn't agree with you?
A good idea can seem to solve the problem, but somehow it disconnects from what you're looking for.
Centered problem solvers are clear about their mission and goals before trying to solve tough problems.
This is part of what I call the FOCUS process step in centered problem solving: aligning any ideas and steps you take with your central purpose, your mission, your goals.
You do want your problem solutions to contribute to your big picture mission, don't you?
-- Douglas Brent Smith
Front Range Leadership, LLC
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Highly structured? Wildly improvised? Harmonic, or distorted? Fast or slow? Analytics help, but there's nothing quite like a touch of t...
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The mastery of problem solving begins with the mastery of self. -- doug smith
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Whenever I find a way to embrace joy some part of a problem fades away. -- doug smith
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Do you try to do everything on your own? If you're part of a team, and especially if you are leading a team, it goes better by collabora...
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Sometimes it's more important to be centered than to be right. -- doug smith
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Things change. Problems deepen. Solving a persistent problem might require us to let go of what has fixed it in the past. -- doug smith
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A truly ambitious goal will give you a new problem to solve. -- doug smith
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Have you ever held onto a problem just because you couldn't find the perfect solution, an elegant, efficient, bruise-free choice? Tha...
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It's the system. Or maybe it's the process. It might not be you at all. It might not be your team at all. Personal problems come fro...
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Problems bring pain. Maybe it's physical, or emotional, or logistical-- as long as the problem is there, so is that pain. When we solv...
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