Quotes About Problem-solving

Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.

A lot of us saw Blackadder in terms of problem-solving - 'Did that work in that episode?' and so on. We were very picky.

In healthcare like in government generally, people are incentivised to engage in wasteful/dangerous signalling to a terrifying degree - not rigorous thinking and not solving problems.

I like challenges that test your ingenuity.

When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.

James grabbed one of the curtains and used it to wipe the dog crap off his leg.

Easy," James said. "It's like a computer game. If you look, the shelves in some bays are closer together. You can use them like a ladder.

The secret to making decisions is to ask questions and use templates to work on the answers. To think outside the box, remember to S.C.A.M.P.E.R by Substituting, Combining, Adapting, Modifying, Purposing, and Eliminating. And ensure you are setting S.M.A.R.T. goals which are Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Relevant, and Time-Bound.

According to the majority view of intelligence researchers, the core of intelligence is 'the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience'.

Expertise is achieved only after working hard on hard problems.

All right,' said Pooley, 'as panic is clearly ill-received hereabouts, what do we do?

you imagine the worst, and when you do, your mind stops at the problem and does not consider the solution.

Too much on my mind. Too many directions to think in all at once. I sometimes feel that if I had time to focus my mind on just one problem, I could solve it. And then go on to solve the others." "Every man believes that. It isn't so. Slay the ones you can as they come to hand, and after a while you get used to the ones you can do nothing about.

There is an old joke about a nearsighted man who has lost his keys late at night and is looking for them by the light of a street lamp. Another person comes along and offers to help him look but asks him, "Are you sure this is where you lost them?" He answers, "No, but this is where the light is.

And when things start to go wrong, a good boss doesn't just fire everybody and start over.

Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.

On the sixth day God saw He couldn't do it all, so He created ENGINEERS

Is kidnapping kidnappers still kidnapping? Miles mused. Yes, said Roic, unhelpfully. Not that NewEgypt is likely to bring charges. Naw, they'd do something else. I am reminded. I could have Suze freeze and store them for us, I suppose. Technically. Roic gave him the Look. If push came to shove. As a Kibou-daini problem-solving technique, there seems to be precedent. Roic said nothing, firmly.

As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor.

Al sexto día, Dios vio que no podía hacer todo, entonces creó a los ingenieros

he was getting mortally tired of having to reinvent the wheel every fifteen minutes.

Remember, if you have a problem, it's your problem. Solve it. Don't blame other people. Don't burden people with your complaints. Ninety percent of the people you meet don't care about your troubles. The other 10 percent are glad you have them.

any man who could concentrate for as much as three minutes on any given problem could rule the world.

The girls put their wits to work, and - necessity being the mother of invention - made whatever they needed.