Showing posts with label solution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solution. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Your Problems Aren't Hiding


You know what they are. They've been bothering you. They're getting tough to ignore, so don't. Roll up your figurative and literal sleeves and get busy. Solve the problems in front of you.

-- Doug Smith

Friday, March 27, 2015

Surprise Yourself

What if the opposite of your solution is a better solution?

How innovative are you? Are you willing to take creative risks?

Taking the time to flip expectations can be invigorating. Looking at the opposite of your goal can be enlightening. Life is filled with possibilities, and sometimes we have to sneak up on them and let them surprise us.

Surprise!

-- Douglas Brent Smith


Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Drop the Emotional Baggage

It's easy to get excited about a problem. It's especially tempting when people seem to be making the problem worse. But does getting angry help? Does attaching yourself so tightly to the outcome that you burst help your situation?

Probably not.

Any problem is big enough without adding emotional baggage.

Why not drop the emotional baggage and focus on your goal?

-- Douglas Brent Smith


Friday, September 5, 2014

First Believe It's Possible

Do you believe that any problem can be solved?

Sure, there are really difficult problems we don't have a clue about solving yet. But does that mean that they can't ever be solved? Or, do we do better by believing that a solution is out there to find or create?

Our belief that any problem can be solved helps to solve any problem.

What do you believe?

-- Douglas Brent Smith

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