Great minds give you
the benefit of their experience.
It
happens to even the most seasoned of entrepreneurs. You’ve built momentum for
your latest project, you’re excited to embrace new challenges and you’ve
visualized success at the end of the road.
But all of a sudden an
unexpected problem stops you dead in your tracks -- and this one seems
impossible to solve.
Yes, major hurdles are
disheartening, and they’re often unavoidable. But the way you engage with and
think about problems directly influences your ability to solve them.
Here’s how some of the
world’s smartest people think about problems and how you can learn to overcome
them.
- “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
- “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Shuller
- “All problems become smaller when you confront them instead of dodging them.” – William F. Halsey
- “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
- “Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; Instead they require maturity to outgrow them.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Every problem is a gift. Without them we wouldn’t grow” – Tony Robbins
- “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Soren Kierkegaard
- “If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?” – Shantideva
- “It isn’t that they cannot find the solution. It is that they cannot see the problem.” – G.K Chesterton
- “Problems are nothing but wake-up calls for creativity” – Gerhard Gschwandtner
- “We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.” – Russell L. Ackoff
- “A positive attitude may not solve your problems -- but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Anonymous
- “Running away from a problem only increases the distance from the solution.” – Anonymous
- “Problem-solving leaders have one thing in common: a faith that there’s always a better way.” – Gerald M. Weinberg
- “Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.” – Rene Descartes
- “Your ability to solve problems and make good decisions is the true measure of your skill as a leader.” – Brian Tracy
- “If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem, it is impossible to solve it.” – Naoto Kan
- “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” – Duke Ellington
- “Giving up is the most painful way of solving a problem.” – Anonymous
- “Instead of thinking out the box, get rid of the box.” – Deepak Chopra
- “Solving problems means listening.” – Richard Branson
- “Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.” – Robert Kiposaki
- “There is no problem outside of you that is superior to the power within you.” – Bob Proctor
- “You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.” – Michael J. Gelb
- “Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.” – Colin Powell
- “If a problem can be solved it will be. If it cannot be solved there is no use worrying about it.” – Dalai Lama XIV
- “All life is problem solving.” – Karl Popper
-Daniel Marlin
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