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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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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"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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You can't talk yourself out of a problem unless you share. -- doug smith
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A problem is a dynamic in search of a dance. -- doug smith
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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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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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We need to agree on the problem before we can agree on the solution. -- doug smith

