I grew up poor and rural and learned from an early age how to fix things around the house. I knew, for example, that if water is going out of the wrong side of the pump, the first thing to do is take a breath and think about why it might be doing that.
Problem solving in the real-world functions in exactly the same way.
We have to ask (1) what is causing the problem and (2) how do we change it?
Many people are quick to let a problem overwhelm them. They panic when something doesn’t go exactly as...
I grew up poor and rural and learned from an early age how to fix things around the house. I knew, for example, that if water is going out of the wrong side of the pump, the first thing to do is take a breath and think about why it might be doing that.
Problem solving in the real-world functions in exactly the same way.
We have to ask (1) what is causing the problem and (2) how do we change it?
Many people are quick to let a problem overwhelm them. They panic when something doesn’t go exactly as expected instead of first breaking it down and asking how it came to be that way.
How can we stop ourselves from doing that?
Can anyone learn how to be a problem solver or is it an innate quality that you just can’t teach?
My guests on this edition of Quick Hits had a variety of fascinating thoughts on these and other questions.
Dr. Rhonda Bompensa-Zimmerman, a professor and health and wellness consultant, says that problem solving is about utilizing “that creative mindset that we lose as we become adults, the childlike thinking without putting any barriers on what the solutions could be.”
Jim Tam, the head of the Dallas office of Keystone Partners, says that it’s about “being patient. Don’t be so fast to react without knowing all the facts.”
And Pascal Derrien, the CEO of Migraine Ireland, believes that “we are all problem solvers in our own way…everybody is good at it.”
Do you think problem solving is a learnable skill or something you are innately good at or not?
Connect with the panelists:
Pascal Derrien: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascalderrien/
Jim Tam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimtam/
Dr. Rhonda Bompensa-Zimmerman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rhonda-bompensa-zimmerman-138aa3b/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/
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