(转)Problem Solving

If a problem is difficult, don’t panic, try these ideas:

• Find a similar problem. Can you apply to your own problem?
• Simplify the issue by removing some variables or dimensions.
• When one approach fails, try the opposite.
• Dream: fantasies about a situation such as assuming that all restrictions have been removed.
• Establish sub-goals: break the problem into a number of smaller ones.
• List the assumptions you have made about solving the problem and challenge them.
• Try working through the situation from the way things are to the way you want them to be.
• Choose other words to describe the problem. An alternative definition can yield new possibilities.

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