Harvey Mackay Quotes

Most business problems, you will have an intuitive idea on what to do.

One of the biggest challenges we have, as business owners and people, is that we think in linear terms.

I'm not sure people would think of me in this light, but frankly, what I enjoyed most about Bain & Company, the consulting firm, was the analytical process of solving tough problems.

I give people ideas on how to solve intractable problems.

Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers.

To be successful in business and life, spot the possibilities while others look for problems.

Leadership is solving problems.

To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.

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

To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.

Look at the world. See the problem. And solve it

To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble

With thought, all problems can be resolved.

The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.

Success is a collection of problems solved.

The problem with this world is not enough problem solvers. So, if you become a problem solver you become rich.

There is no problem in the family, ward, or stake that cannot be solved if we look for solutions in the Lord's way by counseling - really counseling - with one another.

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.

Whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it.

Deep, persistent problems are never solved by accident; they are solved only by people who are obsessed with them and set out to solve them directly.

It's only by thinking even more crazily than philosophers do that you can solve their problems.

I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver.

The business has some problems, substantial problems. You go fix it, you young people. That's what you're there for. Don't believe what the old generation tells you. We don't know a damn thing, including Bogle.

Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.