Problem-Solving Mindset Quotes

Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?

People asking questions, lost in confusion, well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions.

Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her solve a problem or achieve a goal, not of selling a product or service.

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama represented somewhat different party factions, but they both embodied wonkery, a vision of competence and expertise governing to some extent above ideology, in which there are assumed to be 'correct answers' to policy dilemmas that a disinterested observer could acknowledge and the right technocrat achieve.

Solving problems should be a joy, a welcome challenge to our creativity.

Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.

The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the answer is

I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

Look at the world. See the problem. And solve it

Realize that if you can instantly create a problem, you can just as quickly and easily create a solution.

Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.

I think that great programming is not all that dissimilar to great art. Once you start thinking in concepts of programming it makes you a better person...as does learning a foreign language, as does learning math, as does learning how to read.

Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

I'm motivated by solving new and challenging problems, especially ones that people say can't or shouldn't be tackled.

So one could say that the only real problem is dysfunctional thinking, the rest are challenges, not problems.

I get so engaged when I have a problem you cannot solve that I just cannot break away from what I am doing - I keep thinking and thinking and cannot stop.

When I'm creatively solving problems, I'm in my sweet spot, and nothing can take me out of that joyful present.

It is better to do the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way.

Only creativity can see past problems to find solutions. This holds true for every area of life.

I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and cynical and predict doom for the world than it is to try and figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter.

At your worst point, the quickest way to move through it is to be a contribution as opposed to focusing on your problems. If you focus on your problems and keep giving them attention, they're going to grow. If you ignore them and do something else - I don't mean act like they're not here - but do something meaningful, it helps you work through it.

I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another. You know, there are some of the things that I say that probably would be considered very much non-conservative. But I don't think really conservative or liberal; I think: What makes sense? What's going to help the American people? What's going to give them what they need? Not only in health care but in terms of jobs, in terms of education, in terms of a whole host of issues.

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin

The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who cannot see problems around him or herself is utterly blind. All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.