"Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring or drinking it." ~ Bill Cosby People love to answer alternate choice questions. This or that? Red or blue? Republican or Democrat? Three or four? Science or religion? But the better answer is often found elsewhere. I read somewhere recently that …
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The Open Doors
The first step to effective problem-solving is to realize that a problem is nothing more than an unassembled solution. The more challenging problems typically require more intricate solutions, yet on occasion you might have the good fortune to resolve a complex and seemingly insoluble matter with stroke of genius. When you approach a new challenge …
Principally Speaking: Solving Difficult Problems
I happened upon an interesting principle that understood and properly applied, can make life much easier. This principle became obvious during a recent horseback riding lesson while working on my trot-canter upward transition. Without boring you with the details, the principle I learned or perhaps better put, rediscovered, is this: the solution does not always lie at …
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Imagination, Knowledge and You
Last evening I played a great game of checkers in the sky. The jet contrails in the brilliant blue air above North Georgia provided an immense board upon which the men in my mind could make their way strategically toward the kings row and then onwards toward victory. While nature did its best to distract me from my enterprise as it …
Gregory Hake 