Keep Solving

It's frustrating to solve a problem only to have it re-appear. And, even if it doesn't re-appear it seems like another problem quickly pops up.

Problems don't stay solved so we must keep solving.

And so...keep solving.

-- doug smith 

Random Solutions

A seemingly random solution to a problem is still a solution.

-- doug smith

 

Talk About It

Some problems are just one conversation away from being solved.

Talk about it.

-- doug smith

Choose Your Story

 

Have you thought about how many stories you add to your life? We are so interested in understanding the meaning of everything that if we can't easily find the meaning we simply make it up. We tell stories to explain what we believe, even if what we believe has zero evidence or proof.

Ordinarily, that's annoying. When dealing with a problem, that's a disaster in motion.

Things we do to expand that story include ascribing motives to people we believe are responsible. They include interpreting words and actions as malicious, when maybe they were simply capricious. They include telling tales of woe and victimhood that do not lead to sensible solutions.

It's another problem within a problem. But we can choose.

Be careful about adding a story to a problem that only makes the problem worse.

You don't want to make the problem worse, do you? You want to solve it. If your story is not leading to a positive outcome, maybe just maybe the story is wrong.

-- doug smith

What You Want?

Is what you want more powerful than what you need in order to solve that problem?

Is what you want negotiable?

-- doug smith

 

Try Again

Problems have a way of recalibrating our expectations.

Didn't get what you expected? Try again.

-- doug smith