Quote by Nat Greene Download Open image ““Don’t confuse believing in a simple solution with hoping that a simple guess will work.”” — Nat Greene ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“If you don’t believe in a simple solution, you are very unlikely to find it, whether it is there or not.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Great problem-solvers resist the temptation to guess at every stage of the process. Guessing is a tough habit to break, so get started!” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“In my own experience I have found that most problem-solving methods promote guessing at some point in the process, but that it is snuck… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“the simplest explanation usually sounds right and is far more convincing than any complicated explanation could hope to be.” — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“If you only think about the problem, how will you come up with a solution?” — Tristan Wani Copy Share Image
“If you believe that complex solutions are better than simple ones, or if you believe it’s better to take a simple guessing shortcut, but… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“They believe that every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“You can't be stuck in the 'Idea Phase' forever, at some point you're just going to have to take a chance and see what… — Erik Hill Copy Share Image
“It’s thinking that I had the solution that probably created the problem in the first place.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“For any given problem, if there's a simple solution it will already have been applied. So, perhaps, the solution isn't as simple as you… — Stuart Aken Copy Share Image
“To solve truly hard problems, you’ll need to use a method that doesn’t involve guessing in any step.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“If you believe that success is inevitable, you’re less likely to work your tail off in order to achieve it. Hard problems are definitely… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“To solve truly hard problems, you’ll need to use a method that doesn’t involve guessing in any step.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Defining the acceptable and unacceptable ranges for this variable means that the problem definition is objective and immune to opinion.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Embrace your ignorance. Most people try to solve problems using the knowledge they already have about a process, but it’s what you don’t know… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“When a system isn’t working right, someone has to understand how it’s meant to work, at the right depth, in order to fix it.… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“When you move down your tree, keep in mind there may be multiple variables contributing to the failure.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. —HIPPOCRATES, ANCIENT GREEK FOUNDER OF THE SCIENCE OF… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“We need to understand what variables most directly control our primary variable by understanding the science behind how the system works.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Perhaps many aid organizations make assumptions about the problem they are solving, and throw hundreds of billions of dollars at the problem to little… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“The last major risk to getting good facts is our own prejudices. While we may not always test a solution based on our opinions… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“most methods disguise the guessing stage in some fancy language, such as “determine possible root causes.” This is making a list of guesses, and… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the most useful approach for defining the problem well is structuring it as a measurable variable.” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
