Problem solving Quote by Nat Greene

“Diagnose Problems to Get at Their Root Causes”

— Ray Dalio

For every effect there is a root cause. Find and address the root cause rather than try to fix the effect, as there is…

— Anonymous

Problems are not solved on the level of problems. Analyzing a problem to find its solution is like trying to restore freshness to a…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“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

Finding out what the problem is, stands as the first part of the solution to many if not all problems.

— Terry Mark

“To solve truly hard problems, you’ll need to use a method that doesn’t involve guessing in any step.”

— Nat Greene

“This process-of-elimination approach ends once you’ve proven every branch of your issue tree (which may have been revised several times) and can logically conclude…

— Victor Cheng

“problems are brought to the surface, and their root causes diagnosed, assures that continual improvements occur.”

— Ray Dalio

“By eliminating the variables closest to the primary variable, we immediately eliminate many potential root causes, and we can avoid collecting data about or…

— Nat Greene

“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

The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.

— Thomas Hobbes

“every unsolved problem is bottlenecked by not understanding the root cause at a fundamental level, and every single one needs some great problem-solvers to…

— Nat Greene