Centered Problem Solving

It''s a challenge to your composure, to your centeredness. It's an attack on your boundaries. How do you react? Nothing gives an...

  Things change. Problems deepen.  Solving a persistent problem might require us to let go of what has fixed it in the past.  -- doug smith

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. ...

  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...

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...

How many solutions does your problem need? Sometimes the answer is just one more. It could also be that your problem needs twenty more befor...

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...

Sometimes it's more important to be centered than to be right. -- doug smith  

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...

  Can you solve every problem? Of course not. Some problems need more time, more resources, more miracles. Sometimes the best we can do as a...

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...

  "Don't ignore the problem, but keep it light. Take action with a smile. Adding tension won't solve your troubles faster.   Ev...

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...

What looks like the root cause of a problem might have roots of its own. Keep digging. -- doug smith  

Emotions can get in the way of solving problems. Stirring up anger, or fear is hardly ever helpful. But what if even in the toughest of situ...

  Trying to fix a problem from the past could cause a problem right now. When it's done, let it stay done. -- doug smith