The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
So where do you find smart people working on hard problems? I don’t think you find them in managed environment… I think you find them in the cracks
Smart people are often also pushed at the margins. Smart people are those who can make a dent on hard problems… but if the hard problems are pushed at the margin, then who needs them?
So where do you find smart people working on hard problems? I don’t think you find them in managed environment. I think you find them in the cracks. And I think that it contributes to making the future really hard to predict. The future is often literally being built by friends in a dark garage. It does not get planned by Wall Street or the government.
Top performers seek out the problems that have the greatest strategic importance...
Spiritual growth comes by solving problems together—not by running from them. Today’s inordinate emphasis on individualism brings egotism and separation.
So honor the valiant who died 'neath your sword, But pity the warrior who slays all his foes.
...the Lord’s work is not just to solve problems; it is to build people. So as you walk with Him in priesthood service, you may find that sometimes what seems like the most efficient solution is not the Lord’s preferred solution because it does not allow people to grow.
Ignoring problems rarely solves them. You need to deal with them—not just the effects, but the underlying causes, or else they usually get worse.
The Plan was to create a planet full of problems that demand unity for solution. It is problems that bring us together. When you see two people at lunch, talking intently, leaning forward, waving their hands, they’re sharing a problem. At that moment, they are one in heart and if they stick with it, become one in mind. They become unified.
Words matter. A lot. The words you choose to frame a problem powerfully influence the way you and others feel about it.
Each of us has a responsibility to try to avoid problems before they happen and to learn to overcome challenges when they occur.
Never engage a group in solving a problem until they have felt the problem.
Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.
Perhaps there's a rule here: perhaps you create wealth in proportion to how well you understand the problem you're solving, and the problems you understand best are your own.
It seems like the best problems to solve are ones that affect you personally.
If you really want to remove a cloud from your life, you do not make a big production out of it, you just relax and remove it from your thinking.
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
Suffering is universal; how we react to suffering is individual. Suffering can...be a strengthening and purifying experience combined with faith, or it can be a destructive force in our lives if we do not have the faith in the Lord’s atoning sacrifice. The purpose of suffering... is to build and strengthen us. We learn... obedience by the things we suffer. We should be humbled and drawn to the Lord.
One of the worst ways to solve a nasty problem is to just keep hacking at it. Often times, letting your subconscious chew on it overnight will produce a simpler solution.
I realized that in order to get to the right solution, I had to make sure I started with the right problem. I’ve since discovered that having the right timing for the right solution is also important.
A popular tenet of the Kaizen method teaches that it is better to have the wrong solution to the right problem, than the right solution to the wrong problem.
Admitting to a problem is the first step towards finding a solution, especially when any solution will be unpleasant.
Our biggest problem may very well be the belief that we are not supposed to have problems!
Our power is in our problems as they unleash our resourcefulness and cause us to grow in order to respond consciously and compassionately to them.
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness, a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.