Paul Kagame Quotes

I'm a problem-solver.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

I always try to stay methodical and logical with everything I do, playing cricket and making decisions.

My experience in decision-making has shown that patterns are tough to break. In the military, we study an opponent, looking for gaps, flaws, or weaknesses that can be exploited. Successful leaders at all levels in all disciplines conduct this kind of analysis.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

I like to study the question or the problem or the opportunity in hand, work with the team to come with the right answer, make a decision, and act upon it. Some people have said that, actually, today they pretty much like their bankers dull.

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

Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.

There is no single right answer or path forward, but there is one right way to frame the problem.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

I usually have pretty good intuition on projects that I work on.

At a very young age I was predicting outcomes, trying to take all the information and find the best route to wherever I was going. I avoided a lot of pitfalls because of that.

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them.

People (political and military leaders) much prefer to speak of what they are going to do rather than what the outcome will be.

The great problem now is that we don’t know what to do.

The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life.

I'm a pretty good problem solver.

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

You've got to be smart about tackling.

Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning.

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

I see myself as a problem solver, creating solutions.

Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.

With method and logic one can accomplish anything.