#Problem Solving

Confidence First, Mastery Through Action Follows

At its core, Theodore Roosevelt’s advice champions a decisive kind of confidence: say yes before doubt has time to take control. Rather than waiting for perfect readiness, he urges people to begin with belief in their ow...

Accidental Solutions Are Not Good Design

Buckminster Fuller begins with a vivid survival image: in an emergency, anything that floats can become invaluable. A piano top, though never intended to save lives, may still function as a lucky rescue device.

Happiness Grows From Solving the Right Problems

At first glance, Naval Ravikant’s line overturns a common fantasy: that happiness means reaching a permanent state of peace where nothing difficult ever happens. Instead, he reframes joy as something active rather than p...

Patience and Persistence in Solving Hard Problems

Stephen Hawking’s remark begins with a practical truth: anger does not usually move a difficult problem forward. When people get stuck, frustration can narrow attention and drain energy, making the obstacle feel even lar...

Persistence Outshines Brilliance in Solving Problems

At first glance, Einstein’s remark sounds like modesty, yet it does more than downplay genius. By saying he simply ‘stays with problems longer,’ he shifts attention from innate talent to sustained effort, suggesting that...

Finding the Simpler Problem Inside Complexity

George Pólya’s remark distills a central habit of good thinking: when a problem resists direct attack, progress often begins by reframing it. Rather than treating difficulty as a dead end, he invites us to see it as a si...

Why Fixable Problems Don’t Deserve Anxiety

The Dalai Lama’s line offers a clean way to sort life’s stressors: if a problem can be fixed, energy is better spent fixing it than fearing it. In that sense, worry becomes a kind of misallocated attention—an alarm that...