Quotes About Problem-solving

Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you'll have an engineer for life.

We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.

Engineering stimulates the mind.

I'm an engineer by trade, and what engineers do is they go and build, and they don't think a lot about storytelling.

Math is pretty straightforward.

I actually find it's more interesting to play in the niches and find ways to apply technology to relatively straightforward problems.

Candidates need to demonstrate strategic thinking and strong problem solving skills. And, just as importantly, they need to know when and how to ask for help.

And the fundamental point of all these massively parallel experiments is the same: when a problem reaches a certain level of complexity, formal theory won't get you nearly as far as an incredibly rapid, systematic process of trial and error.

Our point is, if you try to approach every problem with your moral compass, first and foremost, you're going to make a lot of mistakes. You're going to exclude a lot of possible good solutions. You're going to assume you know a lot of things, when in fact you don't, and you're not going to be a good partner in reaching a solution with other people who don't happen to see the world the way you do.

I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, "If only that hadn't happened life would be so good." Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path. Our role here is to get better at navigating those obstacles. I strive to find calm, measured responses and to see hindrances as a chance to problem-solve.

What would this look like if it were easy? "This" could be anything. That morning, it was answering a laundry list of big questions. What would this look like if it were easy? is such a lovely and deceptively leveraged question. It's easy to convince yourself that things need to be hard, that if you're not redlining, you're not trying hard enough. This leads us to look for paths of most resistance, often creating unnecessary hardship in the process.

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."—Albert Einstein

Lo que prefiero, en lugar de las tendencias, es pensar que tengo encomendada una misión. Que trabajo en un problema único que la gente no está resolviendo en ningún otro lugar.

Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? 2. Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

What 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? What 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcome and happiness?

instead they give me a new approach to thinking about the question so that I can solve it better on my own. Most "bad" recommendations

If you spend 2 hours a day without an electronic device, looking your kid in the eye, talking to them and solving interesting problems, you will raise a different kid than someone who doesn't do that.

I now often ask myself, "Is this really a problem I need to think my way out of? Or is it possible I just need to fix my biochemistry?" I've wasted a lot of time journaling on "problems" when I just needed to eat breakfast sooner, do 10 push-ups, or get an extra hour of sleep. Sometimes, you think you have to figure out your life's purpose, but you really just need some macadamia nuts and a cold fucking shower.

That's not a bug. It's a feature!

Meetings should only be held to make decisions about a predefined situation, not to define the problem.

I have come to learn that part of the business strategy is to solve the simplest, easiest, and most valuable problem. And actually, in fact, part of doing strategy is to solve the easiest problem, so part of the reason why you work on software and bits is that atoms [physical products] are actually very difficult.

I think we need to teach kids two things: 1) how to lead, and 2) how to solve interesting problems. Because the fact is, there are plenty of countries on Earth where there are people who are willing to be obedient and work harder for less money than us.

Most likely, the problem won't be around in a year, but my reputation of how I dealt with it will.

Even today, I still benefit from that because I don't merge and bring things together and see everything as one big problem. I take them one challenge at a time.