Does your personal agenda ever get in the way of solving a problem?
To my surprise, I've discovered that sometimes it does for me. Sometimes I'm so focused on achieving another goal that I lose track of the problem in front of me. My goal might be to reach a certain sales number, for instance, while losing track of building the relationship with the one person in front of me (sales or not!).
When we can suspend our personal agendas and see the true goal in the moment, it is much easier to center ourselves and prepare for true problem solving. What is the best solution? What do we all want and need in the situation? What is our best path forward?
Centered problem solvers let go of their personal agenda when it gets in the way.
I'm working on that these days. How about you?
-- Doug Smith
What have you learned today?
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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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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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"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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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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When we are off center it impacts our results. Our solutions will seem 0ff-center as long as we are. Let's start by centering ourselves....
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A problem is a dynamic in search of a dance. -- doug smith
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It's the inner workings where the problems are the most persistent. It takes longer to dig deeper. Dig deeper. -- doug smith
