Quotes About Problem-solving

nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person

That is very helpful, Mr. Holmes.

solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.

In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That

The problem of the planetary orbits had been hopelessly bogged down in its purely geometrical frame of reference, and when Kepler realized that he could not get it unstuck, he tore it out of that frame and removed it into the field of physics. This operation of removing a problem from its traditional context and placing it into a new one, looking at it through glasses of of a different colour as it were, has always seemed to me of the very essence of the creative process.

No, the more familiar and widely dangerous issue is a kind of silent disengagement, the consequence of specialized technicians sticking narrowly to their domains. "That's not my problem" is possibly the worst thing people can think, whether they are starting an operation, taxiing an airplane full of passengers down a runway, or building a thousand-foot-tall skyscraper.

The third requirement for success is ingenuity—thinking

He and Segal conferred and thought of one other thing they could try

the builders trusted in the power of communication. They didn't believe in the wisdom of the single individual, of even an experienced engineer. They believed in the wisdom of the group, the wisdom of making sure that multiple pairs of eyes were on a problem and then letting the watchers decide what to do. Man is fallible, but maybe men are less so.

behind the wall." The next day, Hem and Haw returned with tools. Hem held the chisel, while Haw banged on the hammer until they made a hole in the wall of Cheese Station C. They peered inside but found no Cheese. They were disappointed but believed they could solve the problem. So they started

Why hire a lawyer? I'll make myself one! And Trurl went home, threw six heaping teaspoons of transistors into a big pot, added again as many condensers and resistors, poured electrolyte over it, stirred well and covered tightly with a lid, then went to bed, and in three days the mixture had organized itself into a first-rate lawyer.

ketika kita memandang permasalahan dan beban itu berasal dari diri kita,justru pada saat itu sebenarnya kita lah yang bermasalah. sedangkan pepatah cina mengatakan dari pada mengutuki kegelapan lebih baik ambil sebatang lilin dan nyalakan

Then Marshall leaned forward—Eisenhower recalled years later that he had "an eye that seemed to me awfully cold"—and declared, "Eisenhower, the Department is filled with able men who analyze their problems well but feel compelled always to bring them to me for final solution. I must have assistants who will solve their own problems and tell me later what they have done.

Kita malah memecah persoalan itu menjadi potongan-potongan kecil dan menciptakan sejumlah teori yang hanya menjelaskan sebagian. Tiap teori penjelas sebagian itu menjabarkan dan memprediksi sekelompok terbatas pengamatan, mengabaikan akibat besaran-besaran lain.

My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.

Everything is easy. However, the ways to make difficult things easy, sometimes it's not easy (Totok R. Biyanto)

I'd love to give Malcolm the truck. We're going to figure out how to make that happen.

I like engineering, but I love the creative input.

If we're given a number of circumstances to deal with, the brain goes into this mode of trying to find a solution, and it's amazing how good we are at it.

Hacking is really just the act of finding a clever and counterintuitive solution to a problem.

The essence of hacking is finding unintended or overlooked uses for the laws and properties of a given situation and then applying them in new and inventive ways to solve a problem — whatever it may be.

proved that technical problems can have artistic solutions

With mindless complaining, you are mindlessly focusing on problems; however, with justified complaining you identify a problem and the complaint moves you toward a solution. Every complaint represents an opportunity to turn a negative into a positive.

We believe that everyone should be empowered to unlock their true potential in being a Builder, irrespective of what they know, what they have and what they are afraid of. In everything we do, we believe in pushing the boundaries of conventional thinking; to look at every problem differently and from the ground up."