Struggles and difficulties are part of life. You cannot avoid these problems; it will always arise no matter how much you try to take control or organize the things in your life. Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. ~ Henry Ford Problems are not the reason…

To this day, I think the best way to approach and solve any problems in your life is to look at them objectively and practically. More so, I feel running through something like a formula or system works really well to get things solved. This article explains, briefly, some steps on how to attack general problems…

“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” – Henry Ford This famous quote from quintessential American success story Henry Ford encapsulates the very core of why positive thinking works, and why it is one of the most often touted tool of personal development literature. It also…

CATWOE is a method for expanding your thinking about a problem or situation before you zero in on a specific problem that you want to solve. CATWOE? It’s new to me too, but MindTools have an article about understanding CATWOE so you can better understand your problems. Focused mainly on issues that arise in business, it…

Dave Cheong introduces a framework called 10 R’s to Success: Realistic, Realise, Recognise, Reframe, Respond, Review, Repeat, Reflect, Reward, Renew. Looking it closely, it is actually a step by step problem solving framework. The framework reminds you what you need to do on a particular moment. No matter if you want to set goals, or want…

As I look back at this week’s postings on Slow Leadership, I notice that most of them were concerned with helping people stop wasting their time and energy on fruitless endeavors. Take the first post, entitled: To Succeed, First Forget About Leadership Technique. In it, I argued that belief that success—in just about any…

Number 3 on the list of the 10 greatest tools of all time is that wonderful little spray lubricant known as WD-40. What does the WD stand for? I thought you would never ask. In the 1950′s a chemist named Norm Larsen was working on a product to prevent corrosion. Since water is a major culprit…

Before Apple, personal computers seemed like a stupid idea. eBay was founded by some people looking for a web-facing way to trade and sell parts of their PEZ collection. Getting Things Done is nothing more than practical wisdom, years old in content, reskinned to meet the needs of people’s current conditions. So, how did they…