Alan Cohen Quotes

If people tell you it's impossible, it's an even better reason to want to do it. People have a tendency to see the problem rather than the final result. If you treat the problems as possibilities, life will start to dance with you in the most amazing ways.

A 'problem' is nothing more than a gorgeous opportunity to discover an even better solution.

...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how to win.

The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.

I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That's the way my brain is wired. If someone says to me, 'Well, that's not possible. It can't happen,' I say, 'Yes it is. I'm going to sit here and show you that it can.'

Entrepreneurs, by their nature, see not only problems but solutions and opportunities.

Pessimists are toxic. I love optimists - and by that, I don't mean people who are unable to see challenges. Optimists are solution-oriented.

Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb.

Only creativity can see past problems to find solutions. This holds true for every area of life.

Possibility-thinking is the long sought-after fountain of youth.

There is no problem only solutions

I see problems that can be fixed because I see solutions that are actually occurring.

Your problem isn't the problem, it's your attitude about the problem.

Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems.

To develop the creative attitude, analyze and focus on the wanted SOLUTION; seek out and fill your mind with the FACTS; write down ideas, both sensible and seemingly wild; let the facts and ideas simmer in your mind; evaluate, recheck, settle on the creative ideas.

See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.

Solving problems should be a joy, a welcome challenge to our creativity.

Think of the solution, not the problem

It seems that we're better at finding someone to blame for our problems than we are at finding creative solutions to fix them.

Seek people who seek solutions.

I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.

Become part of the solution rather than part of the problem

We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic.

Possible is more a matter of attitude, a matter of decision, to choose among the impossible possibilities, when one sound opportunity becomes a possible solution.

Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.