Clear your mind Quote by Nat Greene

When there is a problem, always identify and evaluate your underlying assumptions that may be contributing to the problem or preventing you from seeing…

— Elizabeth Thornton

“Great problem-solvers avoid being trapped into solving the wrong problem by defining the problem without prejudice or assumption”

— Nat Greene

“When our feelings and observations contradict, problems arise.”

— M.H. Rakib

“Here is the broader point: whatever problem you're trying to solve, make sure you're not just attacking the noisy part of the problem that…

— Steven D. Levitt

“Know what problem you’re solving. Often, people work on the wrong problem entirely by making some implicit assumption about what’s causing it. Great problem-solvers…

— Nat Greene

A problem thoroughly understood is always fairly simple. Found your opinions on facts, not prejudices. We know too many things that are not true.

— Charles Kettering

“The problem is, first take your eyes off the problem and focus on a solution.”

— Anthony Liccione

“Whenever you are presented with a problem, the first thing you should do is conduct a literature survey.”

— USMC (Ret Lt Gen Paul K. Van Riper

“Develop a prejudice; find evidence to support it and you’d have made yourself a logically evaluated, arguable opinion.”

— Rajendra Punde

“People cannot handle prejudice because they try to deal with the symptom. Prejudice is the symptom, wrong assumptions are the cause. 'Prejudice is the…

— Idries Shah

“Truly solving the problem involves understanding what’s wrong and why it happened, through investigation and understanding—not by spending days or weeks testing different guesses…

— Nat Greene

“Always focus on the solution, avoid being consumed by undesirable circumstances.”

— Steven Redhead