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
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
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
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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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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Finding a creative solution to a problem is easier when the problem solvers are centered. Breathe. Focus. Center. -- Doug Smith
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Problems that seem unsolvable at the micro-level may be manageable at their macro-level. Check your perspective. Gauge your distance. Focus ...
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The decisions you make during problem solving are as important as the solutions you develop, even if they do not lead to solutions. Decision...
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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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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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A truly ambitious goal will give you a new problem to solve. -- 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
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The best leaders solve more problems than they cause. That may be more obvious than common. -- doug smith

