Suzanne de Passe Quotes

I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.

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.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Rich and successful people are solution-oriented; they spend their time and energy strategizing and planning the answers to challenges that come up, and creating systems to make certain that problem doesn't occur again.

Abraham Maslow taught me, that when you're working with a patient, never let them spend more than a few moments on the problem, because what you think about is what expands, and if they're talking about the problem all the time, when they leave your session, the problem will expand. Get 'em to put their attention on what they intend to create, or on solutions.

Don't dwell on the problem; concentrate on the solution.

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.

When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.

You need to listen to the people experiencing the problems, and their ideas need to crowd out the words of the 'can't be done-ers.'

I see myself as a problem solver, creating solutions.

A possibility thinker notices a problem just long enough to get excited about the solution.

It's not enough to be against something.

I don’t embrace excuses. I embrace solutions.

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

If you don't accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.

Think of the solution, not the problem

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

Successful people spend 10% of their time focused on the problems and 90% of the rest, focused on the solution.

It is not enough just to identify a problem; there are plenty of people who were very skilled at pointing out what was wrong with the world, but they were not always so adept at working out how these things could be righted.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.

The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who cannot see problems around him or herself is utterly blind. All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find the inner motivation to search for new ideas on your own. With any luck at all, you’ll never need to take an idea and squeeze a punchline out of it, but as bright, creative people, you’ll be called upon to generate ideas and solutions all your lives. Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

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.