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#1

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
― Abraham Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being

tags: assumptions, hammer, instrumentalism, problem-solving, psychology, science, temptation

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#2

“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: problem-solving

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#3

“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”
― Albert Einstein

tags: create, misattributed, problem-solving, thinking

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#4

“There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.

There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination
they produce more hues than can ever been seen.

There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of
them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: colors, creativity, diversity, idic, innovation, inspirational, invention, music, problem-solving

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#5

“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.”
― Hilary Mantel

tags: creativity, distraction, inspiration, openness, problem-solving, procrastination, writers-block

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#6

“If you choose to not deal with an issue,
then you give up your right of control over the issue
and it will select the path of least resistance.”
― Susan Del Gatto

tags: choices, problem-solving, procrastination, stress-management-maintenance

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#7

“Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid. In mathematics, the truth is somewhere out there in a place no one knows, beyond all the beaten paths. And it’s not always at the top of the mountain. It might be in a crack on the smoothest cliff or somewhere deep in the valley.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor

tags: housekeeper, mathematics, ogawa, problem-solving, professor

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#8

“A problem well put is half solved.”
― John Dewey

tags: knowledge, problem-solving, wisdom

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#9

“The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: learning, math, mathematical, problem-solving, thinking

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#10

“We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way. Instead, success requires making a hundred small steps go right - one after the other, no slipups, no goofs, everyone pitching in.”
― Atul Gawande, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

tags: diligence, problem-solving

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#11

“A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

tags: christian-living, problem-solving, right-living

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#12

“All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

tags: books, klaus, problem-solving, reading

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#13

“Problems worthy of attack
prove their worth by fighting back.”
― Piet Hein, Grooks 1

tags: problem-solving, problems

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#14

“Extroverts are more likely to take a quick-and-dirty approach to problem-solving, trading accuracy for speed, making increasing numbers of mistakes as they go, and abandoning ship altogether when the problem seems too difficult or frustrating. Introverts think before they act, digest information thoroughly, stay on task longer, give up less easily, and work more accurately. Introverts and extroverts also direct their attention differently: if you leave them to their own devices, the introverts tend to sit around wondering about things, imagining things, recalling events from their past, and making plans for the future. The extroverts are more likely to focus on what's happening around them. It's as if extroverts are seeing "what is" while their introverted peers are asking "what if.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

tags: accuracy, extroverts, focus, introverts, problem-solving, processing-information, tendencies, thinking, thought-patterns

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#15

“It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.”
― Malcolm Forbes

tags: problem-solving

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#16

“A critic looking at these tightly focused, targeted interventions might dismiss them as Band-Aid solutions. But that phrase should not be considered a term of disparagement. The Band-Aid is an inexpensive, convenient, and remarkably versatile solution to an astonishing array of problems. In their history, Band-Aids have probably allowed millions of people to keep working or playing tennis or cooking or walking when they would otherwise have had to stop. The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

tags: band-aid, efficiency, problem-solving, solution

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#17

“The greatest mistake we make is teaching our children to memorize things without even understanding,
Instead of teaching them problem solving and critical thinking.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

tags: critics, memorize, problem-solving, religion, thinking, understanding

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#18

“Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once.”
― Jed Rubenfeld, The Interpretation of Murder

tags: logic, problem-solving

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#19

“It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.”
― George Pólya

tags: math, problem-solving

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#20

“The opposite of a problem would likely be the correct solution.”
― Joey Lawsin

tags: inspirational, problem-solving

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#21

“TACKLE the ROOT CAUSE not the EFFECT.”
― Haresh Sippy

tags: business-quotes, cause-and-effect, problem-solving

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#22

“Fight fire with fire, only adds more negative energy to the situation, making it worse.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

tags: anger-management, forgiveness, problem-solving

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#23

“Do not focus on money, instead focus on a problem that needs to be solved for the world..money will follow you as a bi-product.”
― Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom

tags: focus, money, problem-solving, problems

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#24

“Think outside the square. Think for yourself don't just follow the herd. Think multidisciplinary! Problems by definition, cross many academic disciplines.”
― Lucas Remmerswaal, The A-Z of 13 Habits: Inspired by Warren Buffett

tags: attitude, habits, inspirational-quotes, problem-solving, think

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#25

“We develop new confidence in problem solving, decision making, creativity, and communication when we expand our comfort zones”
― Pep Talk Radio, LinguaVerse: A Journey through Language Realms

tags: confidence, decision-making, pep-talk-radio, problem-solving

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#26

“Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, With Annotations - 1841-1844

tags: life, risk-taking, timidity

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#27

“If you dare nothing,
then when the day is over,
nothing is all you will have gained.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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#28

“Explore, Experience, Then Push Beyond.”
― Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

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