It's frustrating to misunderstand a problem, or to deal with someone you are certain has misunderstood the problem. In that situation, influencing clarity is more difficult, and finding a solution stays clouded in ignorance.
The most troubling problems are rooted in ignorance.
You know that feeling that you're dealing with someone who just doesn't know what's going on? The frustration it causes, the distortion it encourages, the ignorance it perpetuates while frustration mounts?
What if you're that person, and you don't even know it?
The most troubling problems are rooted in ignorance, and sometimes we're the ones who do not know.
Centered problem solvers make room for that possibility - the chance that they do not know what they do not know.
It's not the solution, but it's a start.
-- doug smith
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It's harder to solve a problem alone when you are at the center of the problem. Get another perspective. Stay open to your own part of t...
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You can't talk yourself out of a problem unless you share. -- doug smith
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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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If you work long enough you'll notice something that will give you a strong perspective. Every year there is a new problem that is capa...
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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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Leaders and others strain under the weight of not knowing. The tension of transition that is uncertain can feel unbearable. We want answers....
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Obvious solutions are great, except that they seldom work. The chances are that the solution that first occurs to you has already been tri...
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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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We need to agree on the problem before we can agree on the solution. -- doug smith
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A problem is a dynamic in search of a dance. -- doug smith
