Are your constituents on board? Are they on your side? Will they support the solution to your problem with all of their energy and focus and support?
Have you even agreed on what the problem is?
Have you agreed on what your goal is?
Tough problems call for strong agreements.
Even though most problems are due to process issues and not people (accord to William Deming) it is thru people that we solve those problems and achieve our goals.
And that takes agreements.
Build strong agreements at every stage and every step of your problem solving. It will not only seem more centered to you -- it will be.
-- Douglas Brent Smith
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To put a problem behind us we must solve it completely. -- Doug Smith
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Problem solving is as much about willingness as it is about skill. -- Doug Smith
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Finding a creative solution to a problem is easier when the problem solvers are centered. Breathe. Focus. Center. -- Doug Smith
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Problems that seem unsolvable at the micro-level may be manageable at their macro-level. Check your perspective. Gauge your distance. Focus ...
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It isn't possible or necessary to solve every problem. Focus on the problem in front of you. Solving that first problem builds momentum ...
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"When you ignore a problem that is small enough to handle, it often grows into a problem too big to manage." -- James Clear Sour...
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A truly ambitious goal will give you a new problem to solve. -- doug smith
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The mastery of problem solving begins with the mastery of self. -- doug smith
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The decisions you make during problem solving are as important as the solutions you develop, even if they do not lead to solutions. Decision...
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We need to agree on the problem before we can agree on the solution. -- doug smith
