Instant time machine.
-- doug smith
Showing posts with label problem solvers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label problem solvers. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Instant Time Machine
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Consider Everyone Effected
Solving problems by hurting others is not solving problems.
Centered problem solvers consider everyone effected by the solutions.
-- doug smith
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Time Saver
We solve problems so that we don't have to spend so much time avoiding them.
-- Doug Smith
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Keep Your Past Problems In The Past
Do problems from your past trouble you?
I've sometimes found myself in a pattern of drudging up old problems from the past, as if they had anything at all to do with the present situation. They don't. Oh, they can certainly complicate things. And old problems will stick around as long as you invite them to. Don't invite them.
The problems of our past belong in the past.
Let's leave them there. Drop them like the dead weight they are.
When we fully resolve a present day problem it stops popping up in the future. So if past problems are popping up, maybe they aren't resolved. Resolve them. Retire them. Let them go. But, keeping them around sucks all the energy out of the room and has the problem solving effect of tying your shoes together. Why do that?'
Did you solve that problem? If so, let it go. If no, you know where to go: back to the plan to finish the job.
-- Doug Smith
I've sometimes found myself in a pattern of drudging up old problems from the past, as if they had anything at all to do with the present situation. They don't. Oh, they can certainly complicate things. And old problems will stick around as long as you invite them to. Don't invite them.
The problems of our past belong in the past.
Let's leave them there. Drop them like the dead weight they are.
When we fully resolve a present day problem it stops popping up in the future. So if past problems are popping up, maybe they aren't resolved. Resolve them. Retire them. Let them go. But, keeping them around sucks all the energy out of the room and has the problem solving effect of tying your shoes together. Why do that?'
Did you solve that problem? If so, let it go. If no, you know where to go: back to the plan to finish the job.
-- Doug Smith
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Get the Whole Picture
Before we jump to solutions, let's get the whole picture. Sometimes the toughest cause is the least visible.
-- Douglas Brent Smith
Friday, November 14, 2014
Test The Data
Are you analytic? Do you dig deep into the data of a problem to find the root cause?
Even those of us who embrace analysis can forget that the data may be flawed. It may reflect an undetected perspective. It may even be compromised with an agenda.
No matter what the data says (and it's easy to miss this when we really like what the data says) it is important to check it for accuracy. Test it.
Successful centered problem solvers embrace the data but test it carefully.
Maybe it's true, maybe it's useful -- but maybe it's not.
Who do you have checking your data?
-- Douglas Brent Smith
Even those of us who embrace analysis can forget that the data may be flawed. It may reflect an undetected perspective. It may even be compromised with an agenda.
No matter what the data says (and it's easy to miss this when we really like what the data says) it is important to check it for accuracy. Test it.
Successful centered problem solvers embrace the data but test it carefully.
Maybe it's true, maybe it's useful -- but maybe it's not.
Who do you have checking your data?
-- 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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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
