The average does not define you so much as the peaks and valleys.
-- 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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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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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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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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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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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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Who do you get to help you solve your problem? You, of course, that's a given. Also, people who will be impacted by any solution you try...
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Problems are complicated. We need to think clearly about them, to analyze their causes. We also need to act quickly because, oddly or not, s... -
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
