Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

I think, at some level, if we concentrate on problems as opposed to solutions, then you just create more problems.

The pressures, I don't really like to think about the pressures, I like to solve them, you know what I mean. I could sit here and complain about pressures but nobody wants to hear about pressures.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively - without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers.

The best way to escape from your problem is to solve it.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

Whether it's at their job, or their family, whatever - everyone feels that they're stuck in some kind of struggle. The idea is how to find your way out of it.

Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.

When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

I'm intrigued by a tough situation, and I try to do something with it.

Having a plan enabled us to keep our hope alive. Perhaps in a similar fashion, people who are in their own personal crises - a pink slip, a foreclosure - can be reminded that no matter how dire the circumstance, or how little time you have to deal with it, further action is always possible. There's always a way out of even the tightest spot.

There's an awful lot of future out there, and what you got to do, is you go to out and grab it, wrestle it to the ground, accept the challenges, and then decide. You've got the skills. You've got the knowledge. You've got the love, and you're capable of moving forward and making a great life yourself.

A lot of things have happened that I wish I could have just walked away from. But you wind up saying, 'This is what it is - how does it get better, or how does it affect you, or how can you influence it in a positive way?'

No matter what the situation may be, there is always something positive you can do about it.

I don’t embrace excuses. I embrace solutions.

Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

Positive thinkers think and talk continually about solutions, and negative thinkers continually talk and think about problems. Keep your mind solution-focuse d rather than problem- focused.

Leaders spend 5% of their time on the problem & 95% of their time on the solution. Get over it & crush it!

I don't live under the burden of worries. Problems and challenges are there, you can't deny that. But you must challenge the challenges and not let the challenges turn into worries.