The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist. Read Summary
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems. Read Summary
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? Read Summary
I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. Read Summary
The big problems are where people don't realise they have one in the first place. Read Summary
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. Read Summary
Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions. Read Summary
There's a way to do it better - find it. Read Summary
It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems. Read Summary
Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment. Read Summary
A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. Read Summary
But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem. Read Summary
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years. Read Summary
When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems. Read Summary
You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into. Read Summary
Every time you think the problem is 'out there,' that very thought is the problem. Read Summary
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Read Summary
All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils. Read Summary
It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem. Read Summary
Solutions are not the answer. Read Summary