What good is a problem if we can't learn from it?
I think we can learn from any problem. In fact, one of the best benefits to centered problem solving is the willingness to learn and grow in the face of difficulty and challenge. We might not pick problems as our favorite way to learn, but they do provide that opportunity.
Think of the time it takes to solve a problem as part of your ongoing education.
There's no diploma, no graduation, and no degree but the lessons just might change your life.
Some of them have certainly changed mine!
-- Doug Smith
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It''s a challenge to your composure, to your centeredness. It's an attack on your boundaries. How do you react? Nothing gives an...
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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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We can push really hard on hard problems and not get anywhere. The problem may be too fixed to get fixed. It may be too tough to push over. ...
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You could think of it as the ostrich effect - putting your head in the sand to avoid a danger. You can't see it anymore, you don't n...
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We're all in a hurry. Urgency is a way of life. When we're working on a problem it feels as if the faster we solve it the better. Bu...
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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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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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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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Every problem leads to an outcome. Some you want and some you definitely do not want. You're going to prefer the outcomes of the probl...
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