Quotes About Solutions

For example, in intravenous (IV) solutions and kits for use in hospitals, procedures for attaching solutions to patients differ among competitive products and the hardware for hanging the IV bottles are not compatible. Here switching encounters great resistance from nurses responsible for administering the treatment and requires new investments in hardware.

The $50 billion weight-loss industry has been fed by an endless parade of fad diets offering quick-fix solutions.

John Kotter, the noted Harvard professor and author on leadership, writes that the key difference between leaders and managers is that leaders focus on getting to the right questions, whereas managers focus on finding solutions to those questions.13 The focus on finding answers must not obscure the importance of asking the right questions. Successful leaders know that they cannot get the right answer without asking the right questions.

Questioning helps people gain perspective and understand the perspectives of others. As they see issues and problems from different points of view, they gain an appreciation for their complexity—and also expand the range of possible solutions.

Through questions, leaders seek to learn not only what directly causes the problem or what solutions may work (which is single-loop learning), but also to seek to discover and learn what might be the underlying causes and solutions (double-loop learning) as well as the culture and mindset that create these causes and solutions (triple-loop learning).

Scripture is not only timely but timeless. Just as God spoke to the original audience, so he still speaks to us through the pages of Scripture. Because we share a common humanity with the people of the Bible, we discover a universal dimension in the problems they faced and the solutions God gave them. The timeless nature of Scripture enables it to speak with power in every time and in every culture.

When we place our immediate conflicts in the territory of an archetypal story we can better see the nature of our problems and find solutions that bring creative imagination to bear in the realm of hard facts and hardening dilemmas.

If she [Mrs. Homemaker] didn't know how much she needed convenience, it was up to inventors like Clausi to show her the way.

as the permanent solution to a temporary problem).

Glass shot an irritated glance at Red, who had an uncanny knack for spotting problems and an utter inability for crafting solutions.

This doesn't necessarily mean that ET will use DNA as its genetic material, or rely on the same 20 amino acids that Earth life does. Other carbon molecules could conceivably get the relevant jobs done, and it might actually be quite surprising if two different life systems came up with the exact same solutions

I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.

To "see both sides" of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides. —Idries Shah, REFLECTIONS

You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve, or the ones you create.

Recuerde que la capacidad de su compañía para ser competitiva y sobrevivir reside no tanto en las propias soluciones sino en la capacidad de las personas de su organización para interpretar una situación y establecer soluciones. Además, usted no tiene que ser perfecto, sino tan solo mejor que sus competidores en lo que se refiere a su producto o servicio.

Don't worry about anything. Worrying never solved anything. All it does is distort your mind.

What do you need to give me what I need?"... You're negotiating with your teenager not because you're a wimp, or because you're afraid of her, or because you don't care. No, you're negotiating with your teenager because imposing rules makes bad relationships worse, while negotiating solutions makes good relationships better.

Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies.

si realmente queremos mejorar el mundo, debemos mirar más allá del gobierno. Las soluciones reales no están en el poder, sino en el mercado.

Poverty is a disease that must be diagnosed and then completely avoided in all societies.

We have many masters and doctoral graduates in our generation, but we still cannot cure the disease of poverty. Who will dare to become the doctor of poverty and discover its remedy?

Gabriel had never given up on anything in his life. When obstacles appeared, he found an alternate route.

What I mean by this is that it is natural to want to demonstrate our competence, to show our patients that we have something to offer. This inclination can get in the way of maintaining enough reserve to let people make their own discoveries and come up with their own solutions to the problems in their lives.

Complex ideas must be made simple, or they'll remain ideas and never be put into action.