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
Related People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER Who cares what are you eating?? Who cares where are you? Who cares what are you posting??<... DEYTH BANGER I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem... JOHN ZORN The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN We have this wealth of knowledge and talent as designers to come up with innovative ideas. And essen... CAMERON SINCLAIR She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART Could it be possible for humanity to put their differences aside for the survival of our species, un... GARY F EVANS... You either have the feeling or you don’t. DANIEL HANDLER This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them. M. SCOTT PECK We need to come up with use cases for this technology that drive clear benefits for individuals and ... ABIGAIL JOHNSON By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate th... HENEPOLA GUNARATANA And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons.... PAUL JOSEPH GOEBBELS We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons.... JOSEPH PAUL GOEBBELS I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figur... LAUREN OLIVER To say to that you will never forget ,is always a sincere and an honest way to express ones self to ... GARY F EVANS... In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever. E.LOCKHART اگر میخواهید جایی زندگی کنید که مردمش از موش ها نمیترسن... EMILY LOCKHART You hate cake doughnuts." "Of course," says Mirren. "But we didn't get the cake, we got glazed ... E.LOCKHART There are parallel universes in which different events have happened to the same people. An alternat... E. LOCKHEART There is not even a scrabble word for how bad I feel. E. LOCKHEART He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. E. LOCKHART Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark. Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain. Gat, h... E.LOCKHART Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young. E. LOCKHART We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can'... LINDA LINGLE Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK We as Iraqis are responsible for solving our own problems, BAYAN JABOR Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER When Problems Occur Stop Asking Who’s To Blame And Start Asking, How Can We Fix It, We Should Alwa... GEORGE M. ETHERIDGE With weapons we can kill our enemies; with love and forgiveness we can win them. DEBASISH MRIDHA M.D. This is what we call smart power. Using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and securit... HILLARY CLINTON I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Our republic is a responsible nuclear state that, as we made clear before, will not use nuclear weap... KIM JONG-UN When you tell me your story or about yourself I understand who you are and are able to share who I a... BRENT M. JONES We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not jus... LEWIS THOMAS If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL Linn-Mar made a little run on us in the first game and tied it up, but we were able to get back into... CRAIG PITCHER We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our f... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER I don't have a problem with stepped-up surveillance as long as we follow the rule of law. BOB BECKEL If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... Wishing on that far away star, how far removed we truly are. MICHAEL DE CHâTILLON We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE We each can accomplish so much in this world. There is no room for boredom ROXE Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER Sisi wote ni wanafunzi. ENOCK MAREGESI Created visions of experiencing unreality. VICDO What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our w... OMARI HARDWICK In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which... ALBERTO MORAVIA We have a problem in Florida and a lack of money generally prevents you from solving a problem. We h... REP. NANCY DETERT There is no set way to use the moldings, so people can be creative. As they're decorating, they can ... DAVE FIERAMOSCA Abstraction automatically gives rise to optimized solutions within the universal set of all possible... SUBHAJIT GANGULY I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded. TAYLOR SWIFT Introverts tend to internalize problems. In other words, we place the source of problems within and ... LAURIE A. HELGOE We've got to come up with some better solutions. The situation now is we're in a constant state of h... HAL HARPER You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs ... JOANNA LUMLEY Over tens and hundreds of thousands of years, we evolved to find certain things stimulating, and as ... TOM CHATFIELD We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use mili... OTTO SCHILY The real focus is community impact and addressing pressing community problems. We like to see oursel... CHARLES WALKER It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take... MITCH MCCONNELL Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility. IMAM ALI (AS) And why love things you were destined to lose? Why let yourself feel things if the feelings were doo... GARTH RISK HALLBERG We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can&... JIM BARKSDALE If everyone plays their best and we still drop one, that's no problem. As long as we can hit the bal... JOEY BROWDER As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that... JESSE JAMES GARRETT We can't fix the real problems if we only cauterize and don't treat the roots of evil. EMMANUEL MACRON Fame was not at all what it was cracked up to be, as far as I was concerned. DAVE MADDEN We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes. LARRY NIVEN Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the ... ZIG ZIGLAR we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI An Error is like Salt and A 'Sincere' Apology is like Water and a ''Repeated Same Error'' is like a ... ANUROOP TYAGI Win-win solutions are ideal but not common with strategic choices. When we hear someone talk "win-wi... RONALD A. HEIFETZ Keep in mind that a real team should be spending considerable time together in meetings and working ... PATRICK LENCIONI We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respo... L. LIONEL KENDRICK Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience ha... POPE FRANCIS As time goes by, people get to know you better. They pose problems for you, and you have to come up ... PEP GUARDIOLA Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things ha... MARGARET J. WHEATLEY We know we have to come out ready for a brawl. As long as we come out with that mentality, anything ... ANTHONY WRIGHT We hope that we can come up with some solutions which will ease the burden. SALLY DAVENPORT As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as w... ROBIN HAYES We cannot wish for that we know not. VOLTAIRE Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST There's no "i" in we, but it is in egoic. When you think about we instead of me, then and only then ... CELESTINE L. GRAY We all have the potential to do terrible things. But we also have the potential to overcome our mist... VERONICA ROSSI We live in relative world with relatives. DEYTH BANGER The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. CHINESE PROVERB For years I thought we were on the same page...then I discovered we were NOT even in the same book..... KJFORCE We are all joined in a circle of stories. LINDA JOY MYERS There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evildoer. ROBERT LYND
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