Problem Solving Quotes

“Those who think of themselves as being open-minded are often even more prone to stick to their first understanding as they believe themselves to be without natural prejudices and therefore don’t see the need to counter-balance them. If we think we can ‘hold back’ on interpretation, we are fooling ourselves.”
― Sönke Ahrens, How to Take Smart Notes

“He was suddenly thrilled to see his private, personal star arise in the east. This was a particular star his nanny had chosen for him as a child. As a child, he would sometimes talk to this star, but only when he was his most serious, real self, and not being any sort of a show-off or clown. As he grew up, the practice had somehow worn off.
He looked up at his old friend as if to say, “You see my predicament.”
The star seemed to respond, “I see.”
Abel next put the question: “What shall I do?”
The star seemed to answer, “You will do what you will do.” For some reason this reply strengthened Abel’s belief in himself. Sleep gently enfolded him. The constellations proceeded across the hushed heavens as if tiptoeing past the dreaming mouse on his high branch.”
― William Steig, Abel's Island

“Don't give a permanent solution to a temporary situation.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“We’ll have to decide if that’s a mandatory requirement or negotiable. If it’s negotiable then we have more scope for innovative solutions.”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Result

“Intelligence uses knowledge to solve problems. More people can be proud of knowledge they have - fewer with intelligence. Everyone can get knowledge by holding one's attention for three seconds to gather it. Intelligence may require more than three seconds.”
― Thomas Vato, Questology

“Most people use their minds to solve problems way less often than they use their minds to create problems.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Effective leadership is purely effective listening. There will be problems in any organisation, your job is to actively listen so you can lead solutions.”
― Janna Cachola, Lead by choice, not by checks

“If kids reflect on their days, they will become better problem-solvers of life.”
― Trevor Carss

“Frame your problem statements into actionable tasks and goals that lead to a solution. Problem statements incite procrastination and resistance whereas solution statements inspire hope and motivation.”
― Salil Jha

“Everybody needs friends who uplift them. Assess who makes you feel good, and look to those people for support when you're grappling with a situation that cannot be helped.”
― Candice Kumai, Kintsugi Wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Soul

“I have found the PROBLEM to the SOLUTION.”
― Amit Abraham

“The problem is when we're bent on dealing with problems, we end up having a problem with facing reality; But when we face reality and accept our present situation, problems become less of a problem.”
― Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“The problems differ from generation to generation, but the qualities needed to solve them remain unchanged from world’s end to world’s end”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Go, get some work. Keeping yourselves busy could solve many problems.”
― Giridhar Alwar, My Quest For Happy Life

“Most of the problems in this world raise because of not minding one's own business.”
― Giridhar Alwar, My Quest For Happy Life

“When you confront a problem, you begin to solve it.”
― Rudy Giuliani

“IT has the potential to become a creative business problem solver because it is in a unique position to connect cross-functional dots.”
― Pearl Zhu, The Change Agent CIO

“Problems turn into chores that need action once we take our power back from all that weigh us down.”
― Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, PhD, MBA

“As a leader, you have the power to ask questions that can provoke self-examination, creative thinking, and problem solving in the other person!”
― Chris Hutchinson, Ripple: A Field Manual for Leadership that Works

“Creativity is the fruit of imagination.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“Theoretical knowledge becomes meaningless, if it cannot offer practical solutions to existing problems.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“Creating something from nothing is ingenious.
Creating something from something is smart.
To rule your world, be ingeniously smart.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“You are not worthy of living if you cannot solve a problem in this world.”
― Olawale Daniel

“Troubleshooting is a form of advance problem solving, which few people excel in performing. Troubleshooting is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem, where the symptoms of a problem in a complex system can have many possible causes. Problem solvers rely upon prior experience to determine the potential causes, and employ the process of elimination to detect the actual causes of a problem. The troubleshooter must always look for the simplest solution while considering the possibility that there is more than one fault. Every organization needs a person whom is adept at troubleshooting, analyzing, and resolving problem with an ingenious solution, or novel argument. A person who can see multiple sides to any dilemma, and structure a series of useful elucidations for consideration possesses an optimistic nature.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“I was facing a complex problem with too much information to process and not enough to support an evidence-based decision. I had learned that this was to be expected in all situations involving human interaction.
Fortunately, I could rely on my friends: a group of people from diverse backgrounds who cared about my welfare, yet were sufficiently detached that they would not be overwhelmed by emotions. They had helped me find the perfect partner, prepare for fatherhood and save my marriage. I prepared a schedule to contact all six of them.”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Result

“In the short term, it requires the same amount of work to bail your boat as it does to plug the hole. In the long-term, there's no contest.”
― Hunter Post

“The theory of permutations, like everything else, is best understood by staring hard at some non-trivial examples.”
― Halmos Paul R, FINITE-DIMENSIONAL VECTOR SPACES

“I think," he mumbled eventually, "I think that in order to solve the problem it is important to define it and to have some sense of what has caused it." Another empty phrase, thought Jean-Yves furiously; not only empty, but, as it happened, untrue. The causes were clearly part of general shifts in society that were beyond their powers to change. They had to adapt to this new business climate, that was all. And how could they adapt to it? This moron clearly hadn't the faintest idea.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Platform

“artificial intelligence is forcing human endeavor away from simple, algorithmic and repetitive tasks towards solving problems and incubating new ideas. It is the human mind, as opposed to the human body, which has been an underutilized resource for far too long”
― Gyan Nagpal, The Future Ready Organization: How Dynamic Capability Management Is Reshaping the Modern Workplace

“The industrial economy put a premium on the repetitive delivery of process-driven factory work. This is what delivered quality products, consistently. The knowledge economy is quite different in that it puts a premium on cognitive decision making, collaborative problem solving and creative thinking. This is what delivers innovation”
― Gyan Nagpal, The Future Ready Organization: How Dynamic Capability Management Is Reshaping the Modern Workplace