A Better Solution

A problem that resists your solution is searching for a better way.

It's your partner, not your enemy. It's gently, persistently, pushing you toward a better solution.

-- doug smith

Use Your Strengths

 

The most important thing about a problem is what strengths we use to solve it.

-- doug smith

Conflict and Problem Solving

Are you troubled by conflict? Does your problem seem even more broken because of a dispute?

Sort it through. See it through. Find your own contribution and sort out the rest.

Conflict is a complication in a problem, not a conclusion.

-- doug smith

Unwind

Unwind your problems before they unwind you.

-- doug smith

Keep Digging

There is always more than one answer to eve your toughest problem.

-- doug smith

Go For The Win

Whenever I start to solve a problem, but stop, it causes me concern. Why would I do that? Where is the follow-thru? 

The follow-thru is with you, but only when you drive it. Move it. Feel it. Keep the energy going.

Starting work on a problem without following thru leads to frustration. If you're going to begin, go for the win.

-- doug smith

What Did You Do?

When analyzing a problem be sure to identify your risk and actions in the cause.

-- doug smith

To Transform

Every problem is a project. Every project needs a plan. Every plan needs the power of people to transform.

-- doug smith

Instant Time Machine

Generate more ideas for a solution by imagining how that problem would be solved fifty years from now.

Instant time machine.

-- doug smith

Consider Everyone Effected

Solving problems by hurting others is not solving problems.

Centered problem solvers consider everyone effected by the solutions.

-- doug smith

Attention to Detail

Have you ever heard the expression, "the devil is in the details"? Maybe it's not the devil at all. Maybe it's the solution. We let so much of what is wash over us like an invisible bath. Disorganization, mistakes, carelessness...all an avoidable bother if we stop avoiding it.

Your problem might take less time to solve than you expect, if you give it your full attention.

-- doug smith

First, It Starts In Front of You

Keep your biggest problem in front of you so that you can put it behind you.

-- doug smith

Find It

The answer to a problem is not always obvious, but it is always there.

Find it.

-- doug smith

We Are More Than Ready

Our problems are no match for our strengths.

-- doug smith

When It's Not A Problem

We call lots of things problems that really are not problems at all. If we know the solution and can immediately solve the situation, it's not exactly a problem, is it? If money can fix it and we have enough money for the situation, then it's not a problem (I know, the lack of money can certainly be a problem).

If we haven't prioritized the situation and it requires our attention, it's not so much a problem as a choice.

Yes, we have lots of problems. Let's just be careful about avoiding a situation by labeling it a problem.

It's not a problem just because it doesn't fit into your agenda.

-- doug smith

No Guilt Needed

Feeling guilty about a problem just makes it harder to solve.

Lose the guilt. Work on the solution.

Stay centered as you go.


-- doug smith

Could It Be The Process?

Before you blame a person for that problem, could it be the process?

-- doug smith

Set a Positive Goal

The best problem solving achieves a positive goal.

-- doug smith

More Creativity, Please

Closer. No closer.

The toughest problems are in need of our best creativity.

-- Doug Smith

Endless Supply of Solutions

The creative problem solver in you always has more solutions than you need.

-- Doug Smith