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So for Magic Problem-Solving 101, we headed to the training room and blew stuff up. -- Rick Riordan
I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101. The trainees called it Whatever Works. -- Rick Riordan
Creating something is all about problem-solving. -- Philip Seymour Hoffman
I'm not afraid of problem-solving. There is always a way. -- Hanneli Mustaparta
Snowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer's approach to problem-solving. -- Barton Gellman
I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving. -- Adam Savage
I like to think that since I was about 19, I have studied human decision-making and problem-solving. -- Herbert A. Simon
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence. -- Margaret J. Wheatley
I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving. -- Lisa Randall
Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder. -- Zig Ziglar
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. -- Jeane Kirkpatrick
Americans are a can-do people, an enthusiastic people, a problem-solving people. And when given a direction and given a plan, they'll sign on. -- Henry Cisneros
I'm wary of the word 'inventing,' because in the British psyche the word 'inventor' is immediately linked with 'mad'. For me, inventing is problem-solving. -- Thomas Heatherwick
Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be. -- Chris Carter
Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving. -- Jan Brett
We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions! -- Margaret J. Wheatley
My research career has been devoted to understanding human decision-making and problem-solving processes. The pursuit of this goal has led me into the fields of political science, economics, cognitive psychology, computer science and philosophy of science, among others. -- Herbert A. Simon
I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find an old, discarded piece of furniture, bring it home and turn it into something fabulous. -- Candice Olson
Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability. -- Derek Bok
As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work - writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise. -- Joyce Carol Oates
Whatever I've experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I'm proud of that. But it's someone who wakes up early, works all day, believes in charitable work, business-minded, diligent, accountable, problem-solving... I'm so much about school, consistency and tradition. -- Drew Barrymore
We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership. -- Wendy Kopp
I think there are definitely two types of student: the academic kids and the 50% who fail. It's very clear to see - it's fact. We're not doing enough for those who fail; they need a more physical, tactile approach, involving people skills, team-building, problem-solving, building things. -- Jamie Oliver
Woodworking requires a completely different kind of thinking and problem-solving ability than writing. With writing, you take a set of facts and ideas, and you reason your way forward to a story that pulls them together. With woodworking, you start with an end product in mind, and reason your way backward to the raw wood. -- Joshua Foer
I read a newspaper article in May 1984 which predicted that syringes would one day be a major cause of the transmission of HIV. It was what I had been waiting for - a project that had a lot of the things that I liked: problem-solving, product design, campaigning, and being a bit of a big mouth pain-in-the-bum. -- Marc Koska
All life is problem solving -- Karl Popper
You are not a problem that needs solving. -- Eckhart Tolle
Problem-solving typically involves the construction of discriminative stimuli -- B. F. Skinner
Westerners have aggressive problem-solving minds; Africans experience people. -- Kenneth Kaunda
Far more interesting than problem solving is problem creation. -- Chuck Close
Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving. -- Richard Branson
Making a movie is a lot of problem solving. -- Gia Coppola
Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving. -- Michael J. Gelb
All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem. -- William Zinsser
Most research is a synthesis of problem solving and creativity. -- Joan Z. Borysenko
If Perl is the solution, you're solving the wrong problem. -- Erik Naggum
Creating is no problem - problem solving is not creating. -- Robert Fritz
Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem. -- Imran Khan
For me, creativity includes problem-solving. That's the broad definition of it. -- Edwin Catmull
Hackers often describe what they do as playfully creative problem solving. -- Heather Brooke
You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability. -- Michael J. Gelb
A game is a problem-solving activity, approached with a playful attitude -- Jesse Schell
It's all about one thing: creative problem-solving to get the story out. -- Robert Greenberg
Prevention is a very important part of solving the problem of cancer. -- Eva Vertes
All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem. -- Michael Crichton
Every age has its problem, by solving which humanity is helped forward. -- Heinrich Heine
Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it. -- Thomas Harris
The first step to problem solving is figuring out who's got the problem. -- Gordon Bethune
I'm a doctor; we work in teams. I'm very committed to problem solving. -- Raul Ruiz
People in good moods are better at inductive reasoning and creative problem solving. -- Peter Salovey
Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent. -- Herbert Simon
Of course design is about problem solving, but I cannot resist adding something personal. -- Wim Crouwel
Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand. -- Olivier Sarkozy
The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist. -- Zig Ziglar
Your job isn't to make money. It's to find a problem that needs solving. -- Robert Kiyosaki
Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it. -- Thomas Harris
People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it. -- William Raspberry
By meditation we develop that strength within us, so automatically we start solving the problem. -- Nirmala Srivastava
The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving. -- John Bolton
I've always thought that problem-solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting. -- Chuck Close
Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state. -- Melody Beattie
Ð¡ase studies are a tremendous device for developing problem solving skills, which are really valuable. -- Robert J. Dolan
Being receptive, being able to listen openly and well, is a crucial skill for creative problem-solving. -- Paul A. Kaufman
A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem. -- Anthony Foxx
The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved. -- Pete Seeger
One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer. -- Stephen Hawking
I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. -- Frank A. Clark
There has to be a measure of difficulty or problem-solving in travel for it to be worthwhile. -- Paul Theroux
I'm just not going to spend a lot of political capital solving some other guy's problem in 2010. -- David Stockman
If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty -- Oscar Wilde
Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business. -- Richard Branson
Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard. -- Rasmus Lerdorf
Genius is the act of solving a problem in a way no one has solved it before. -- Seth Godin
I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving. -- Gale Norton
Often, the greatest challenge facing an organization is recognizing and acting on opportunity rather than solving a problem. -- Peter Ginter
Great mathematics is achieved by solving difficult problems not by fabricating elaborate theories in search of a problem. -- Harold Davenport
As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor -- Lois McMaster Bujold
I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation. -- Chuck Close
Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it. -- Amartya Sen
Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work. -- Beverly Cleary
You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it. -- Zig Ziglar
Solving a problem in a hundred years is, practically speaking, the same as not solving it at all. -- Steven Pinker
Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity. -- Daniel Goleman
Success in solving the problem depends on choosing the right aspect, on attacking the fortress from its accessible side. -- George Polya
The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs. -- Tom Peters
A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career. -- Bruce Rauner
Those thinking Why, When, Where, Who are information providers; the one thinking HOWis the leader in solving the problem. -- Vikrmn
Innovation requires a novel approach to scientific problem solving, higher level of resource commitments over much longer time durations. -- Dilip Shanghvi
Children that play outside develop better problem solving skills and have a stronger ability to work within a group. -- Jeff Foxworthy
Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you've decided beforehand it can't be done. -- Steven Levitt
Running a farm is about solving a problem, and that's always interesting to me. But it's a constant process. -- Chris Blackwell
The arts teach children that in complex forms of problem-solving, purposes are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity. -- Elliot W. Eisner
I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems. -- Lawrence Lessig
It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode. -- Ross W. Greene
We are most probably here for local information-gathering and local-Universe problem-solving in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
Architecture should have little to do with problem solving - rather it should create desirable conditions and opportunities hitherto thought impossible. -- Cedric Price
If I'd proposed solving the pension problem by compulsory euthanasia for every fifth pensioner I'd have got less trouble for it. -- Tony Blair
I look at two things while angel investing. Are you solving an important problem? Do you care about the end users. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving. -- David Perkins
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution. -- Robert H. Schuller
Some things are sent to test us. Clearly you must be good at problem solving if you are being set tough exams. -- Jan Hellriegel
You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist. -- Anton Chekhov
I reject the notion that human beings have a single intelligence, which can be drawn on for the full range of problem solving. -- Howard Gardner
You can not operate in this room unless you believe that you are Superman, and whatever happens, you're capable of solving the problem. -- Gene Kranz
Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem. -- Theodor Adorno
To me there's no creativity without boundaries. If you're gonna write a sonnet, it's 14 lines, so it's solving the problem within the container. -- Lorne Michaels
Pay attention to the inner voice that tells you when something feels right. Much of your creative problem-solving occurs at an unconscious level. -- Nita Leland
The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore. -- Aaron Sorkin
When making the problem go away is more important than solving the problem leadership begins to fail. The easy way vs. The character way. -- William James Moore
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. -- Albert Einstein
Now more people are doing work that requires individual decision-making and problem-solving, and we need an educational system that will help develop those skills. -- Seymour Papert
I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving. -- Jeffrey Veen
I worry that as the problem-solving power of our technologies increases, our ability to distinguish between important and trivial or even non-existent problems diminishes. -- Evgeny Morozov
There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point. -- Ty Burrell
Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them. -- Rick Warren
Metaphor is one of a group of problem-solving medicines known as figures of speech which are normally used to treat literal thinking and other diseases. -- Grant Morrison
The happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving an important problem, something that matters to them. -- Drew Houston
You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you confuse two different things: solving the problem and correctly posing the question. -- Anton Chekhov
All happy companies are different: each one earns a monopoly by solving a unique problem. All failed companies are the same: they failed to escape competition. -- Peter Thiel
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

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