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[...] Day 26 – Solve Problems with Skill [...]

By: Genie @ Healthy Living Now

Genie @ Healthy Living Now — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:29:54 +0000

Your post is filled with substance JD, very thorough and informative. Problem solving is really a skill, and one that takes patience, focus, and persistence. It does begin with assessing the problem, then figuring out what potential solution you want, and later harnessing all the right tools to help in getting to the solution.

There will always be problems; however, how we deal with them will determine the effect they will have on our health and well-being – be it positive or negative.

Thanks for sharing!

“If we all treat each other like we treat ourselves – what a wonderful place earth would be.”

By: JD

JD — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:17:01 +0000

@ Ayub — Thank you.

By: ayub

ayub — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:35:38 +0000

Great thoughts on how to look at and solve the problem.
Thanks JD.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:06:20 +0000

@ Sandra — I used to get paralyzed a lot, so I’ve had to learn the best ways to get out of it. At Microsoft, things happen fast, so it taught me to spend way more time on solving problems, then getting sucked into the black hole. The most important thing I learned is to test potential solutions early to get real feedback.

@ Lauren — Thank you. Switching focus and fishing in a different stream is definitely another way that can work well. I find this tends to help me with creative problems or where I need to peculate ideas. For example, when I woke up today, I had three immediate answers fall into my lap. It was a great way to start the day.

I bet paradoxical therapy works for a few key reasons … we’re no longer resisting, we run out of fuel for the fire, and our natural critic suddenly starts attacking the symptom, like reverse psychology.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:16:03 +0000

Dear J.D.

Wow, it’s amazing how much good information you placed in this one post!

Sometimes when I have a “problem” my best solution comes from focusing on something else, something that feels good. The problem often dissolves.

Naturally, if it’s a recurring “issue”, it needs to be addressed differently.

In paradoxical therapy a person is told to increase the symptom (or problem) and ironically it lessens the symptom (or problem?).

Kudos on a great post!

Lauren

By: Sandra Lee

Sandra Lee — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:57:08 +0000

I like the idea of turning a problem in a “how-to.” I’m very analytical and love problem solving! “Analysis paralysis” – great term!

By: JD

JD — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:08:39 +0000

@ Karl — I like how you connected “how to” with curiosity. If we ask ourselves engaging questions, we can bootstrap our quest to seek effective answers.

By: Karl Staib - Work Happy Now

Karl Staib - Work Happy Now — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:58:23 +0000

I love the concept of stating a problem as a “how to”. We are already curious creatures that are looking for solutions. We may as well use this god given talent to help ourselves. It’s also a quick way to create a positive mindset because if the problem is looked at as a “how to” there is a solution it just needs to be discovered.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:18:48 +0000

@ Rob — Thank you. You’re a true maestro with your words and this is a quotable quote — “The ‘how to’ questions set up a powerful problem solving mood”

@ Nadia — Thank you! That is a perfect quote — I love it. I’ll have to stick it in my quiver and take aim the next time I catch myself worrying about something I can’t control

I like your outside the box perspective.

@ Tom — Thank you! You have succintly captured the upside of action, when you say, “In action the downside is small.”

@ Alik — Framing the problem both as a “challenge” and as a “how to” are the secret sauce. I don’t think I’ve ever articulated it before quite like this, and now I realize just how powerful it is on a daily basis.

@ Sibyl — Thank you. I can definitely say this approach has served me well, and I hope it can serve others too.

@ Hilary — Thank you. It’s so true … life does keep changing, so problems rarely stay the same … Something’s gotta give