Shervin Pishevar Quotes

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

We cannot solve a problem until we understand the full extent of the problem.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.

It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.

Before it can be solved, a problem must be clearly defined.

If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.

You don't fix the problem until you define it.

It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them.

It's the people who have an incentive to find the problem who usually find the problem.

When you pass a law you don't solve the problem. You state the problem.

It is one thing to diagnose a problem; it is another to resolve it.

The way a problem is described is bound to influence the choice of how to solve it.

Problems are cured by facing their cause.

Usually, what I recommend to entrepreneurs is to focus on telling the problem first, about the customer or the person who has that problem.

When you have a problem, the first thing to do in addressing it is to honestly identify it.

How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

The first step to problem solving is figuring out who's got the problem.

If you are able to state a problem - any problem - and if it is important enough, then the problem can be solved.

You can't solve a problem? Well, get down and investigate the present facts and [the problem's] past history! When you have investigated the problem thoroughly, you will know how to solve it.

Most problems precisely defined are already partially solved.