Quotes About Problem-solving

As you will find in multivariable calculus, there is often a number of solutions for any given problem.

Any computing machine that is to solve a complex mathematical problem must be 'programmed' for this task. This means that the complex operation of solving that problem must be replaced by a combination of the basic operations of the machine.

lo dijo Einstein: «Ningún problema puede ser resuelto en el mismo nivel de conciencia en el que se creó».

Moral: If at first you don't succeed, invent fire. Or hire a chef. Preferably one with imagination. Jane Yolen

children, especially as they get older, should be increasingly involved in coming up with solutions for facing challenges.

To promote children's curiosity, be careful not to jump in too quickly to fix things they're struggling with, since working with the "confounding" situation is where critical thinking is promoted. Instead, where possible, help them figure out how they can resolve it for themselves.

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

Engineers start with technology and look for a use for it; business people start with a business proposition and then look for the technology and the people. Designers start with people, coming towards a solution from the point of view of people.

There is a purpose of life in the nerd world, which is treating reality as code, and optimizing it. Life becomes a problem-solving activity, and the problem is some sort of lack of optimization.

write and rewrite the problem three or four times. Each time you process the information about the problem, you get a different view-point. Rewrite the problem again. Eventually you will clearly understand the problem, and your mind will focus on an answer.

Preparavo l'apertura, facevo le pulizie, sopportavo la fatica fisica e combattevo la stanchezza. Minimizzavo i pensieri legati al futuro. Mi sforzavo di risolvere le piccole seccature, pensavo alle cose positive, cercavo di non aspettarmi improbabili periodi di grande lavoro, risolvevo i problemi in modo realistico...

What roles do you want to play? Consider, for example the roles of: team builder; manager; individual contributor; change agent; technical expert; relationship builder; trouble shooter; someone who makes things happen; consolidator; problem solver; conceptualizer; big picture thinker; marketer; decision-maker; talent spotter/nurturer; mentor; turnaround artist; mediator.

It's easier to poke holes in an idea than think of ways to fill them. And it's easier to focus on the 100 reasons you shouldn't do something rather than the one reason you should.

I don't accept what people say. I took something to be copied recently, to be enlarged and blown up, and they said it couldn't be done, and I went somewhere five minutes away, and they did it.

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

I think we find that it's most helpful when we have both of our brains applied to an issue.

When your back is against the wall, your brain has to function at a high level.

the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them

We found the trail to Babylon because the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?

the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?

No worthy problem is ever solved in the plane of its original conception.

So say you are charged with, you and some of your colleagues, lifting a heavy dead whale carcass onto a flatbed.