Quotes About Problem-solving

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Whenever people on my team come to me with a problem, I ask them to prepare at least three solutions to that problem.

Have you found a good road to where you are? If so, we want to send other men to join you. Livingstone replied, I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." If you keep your attitude positive but plan for the worst, you'll find yourself in a good position to solve problems that come your way.

Are we quick to respond to others' needs? Do we run from problems or face them? Do we talk more about bad news or good news? Do we give people the benefit of the doubt, or do we assume the worst? The

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. We

Cualquiera que trajera un problema y quisiera que yo le ayudara, debía traerme también tres soluciones potenciales antes de venir a verme.¿Cree usted que hice eso porque no quería ayudar a nadie? No, lo hice porque quería que aprendieran a ayudarse a sí mismos. Pronto se volvieron creativos e ingeniosos. Con el tiempo necesitaban menos ayuda, por lo que se convirtieron en mejores líderes que tomaban decisiones.

Sir Antony Jay said, The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a creative mind to spot wrong questions. Wrong questions shut down the process of creative thinking. They direct thinkers down the same old path, or they chide them into believing that thinking isn't necessary at all.

Perhaps the most important problem-solving skill that I have learned and practiced over the years is mental agility.

Perhaps we have become too analytical to take decisive action. We may be spending too much time studying our problems and not enough time solving them.

Don't create complicated solutions to fix complicated problems. Simplicity is the only thing that can make our lives less complicated.

When we complain we are saying we do not have the power to make a difference in the situation and we make ourselves small... we become part of the problem instead of the solution! Take action to make the situation better & live bigger!

Don't throw money at the problem - walk away from it. You'll be wealthier from it down the road.

Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.

Math is easy; design is hard.

Design is the key to everything. If you learn how to design you can do anything.

It's all about one thing: creative problem-solving to get the story out.

The best design tool is a long eraser with a pencil at one end.

Planning is design. As a designer what I tend to do, and what's different from being a painter, is that I interact with other people, and the people have things they need to have happen.

Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.

You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.

Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

Working within the constraints of a problem is part of the fun and challenge of design.

Game design isn't just a technological craft. It's a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading.