Abstract principles that define what is systematic problem solving. Each of these principles can be effectively used for solving a group of problems.
A few of these principles we have identified are principle of zero based problem solving, principle of disbelief and verification, principle of sharing, principle of interleaving, principle of hidden opportunity, principle of positivity, principle of disproportion, principle of exhaustiveness.
It is really up to you to discover and use such fundamental principles or truths in living your life fruitfully for yourself as well as for others.
It is recognized all around that without intense focus on a single objective you cannot achieve big. In every area of activity and thought intense focus has the potential to create extraordinary results. Focus is everything, or is it? What if your objective is not fulfilled and your world without a back up plan crashes down?...
Just then you are surprised by a light tap on your right shoulder. Turning around you face a woman. She asks you in a low voice with barely suppressed anxiety, “Is there any other shorter route to Howrah Station?” You sense an underlying problem of serious nature...
In the world we live, most people seem to be happy, going about their lives as if nothing is amiss, there is no serious problem anywhere around. Even if there is some minor problem, people grumble and then move on. But not all people are as happy as it may seem...
It is always recommended and desired that each of our actions should create more positive results – for ourselves and also for others.
This is a simple law that has the potential to turning things round...
It was the post match analysis that caught my attention, but for a different reason now. The expert analyst was explaining, “For batsmen, concentration is important. For a single ball, you lose concentration and you are OUT. But the same goes for the bowler too. Look at how he bowled the last over...”
I always thought till sometime back - mishaps and really bad things would happen around me and NEVER to me. You also would have thought so. Till the first misfortune struck. And then other misfortunes followed. You feel cornered and deeply depressed. Know for sure that dark days will end and strangely, you would one day find unexpected opportunities spring up out of the misfortune that caused you so much trouble...
Thinking of sharing is not enough—we need to understand the mechanism of sharing. That potentially would enable the problem owner in sharing domain to tune the mechanism for reaching powerful solutions...
We live in a world of shared resources that can be analyzed at least at four dimensions. At the dimension of spread of space global sharing happens to hold highest potential at first glance, whereas sharing at the dimension of time and cross-domain sharing hold potential for most innovative solutions...
During the olden days Sharing was commonplace and not such a great thing to talk about. Today it is not so. Having seen the classical times and been forced into the modern times, we realize with some surprise that today we do not share often. Sharing is not a commonplace custom now—at least not in personal life. Apparently it is a thing of past. Or on second thoughts, is it so?...
We tend to start a problem solving process with previous bias. Admitting that we can’t be totally free of bias, it is of great importance to start a new problem solving process from as much neutral a standpoint as possible...
