John Brennan Quotes

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

Generally, you cannot solve a problem without defining the problem completely.

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

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

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

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

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

I'm a problem-solver.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

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

In business, you try to solve problems.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them.

The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

You can't fix a problem if you don't have the words to describe it. You can't even think about it clearly.

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

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

The meaning and design of a problem seem not to lie in its solution, but in our working at it incessantly.

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

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

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

The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

To arrive at the definition of the problem he must begin by finding the 'critical factor'. This is the element (or elements) in the situation that has to be changed before anything else can be changed, moved, acted upon.

In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.

You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem.