Showing posts with label hard problems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hard problems. Show all posts

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Hard Problems

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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. It feels like the problem is going to win.

What if you didn't push? What if you took a quiet, calm, centered approach to truly observing the problem. What exactly is going on? Who is being served or deterred?

Hard problems can benefit from soft solutions.

What do you think? Is it worth a try?

-- doug smith

 

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

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It's not a choice between solving hard problems or easy problems - solve the problem in front of you.

 -- Doug Smith

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