Schedule Time To Think

nospam@example.com (Peak Advisor Alliance) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:58:59 -0600

Read this post for the author’s suggestion about making time for yourself to simply think. Just a notebook, pen or pencil, and fresh air are all you need.

7 Deadly Thinking Traps That Prevent Problem Solving

nospam@example.com (Peak Advisor Alliance) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:13:13 -0600

Like trying to build a portfolio on the efficient frontier, we all try to solve a problem with the maximum effect and with minimum effort. Often we fail. Author Matthew May describes seven thinking traps that get in our way and what we can do to avoid them.

Here’s the first of his seven traps.

Leaping to Solutions. Shortcutting in an instinctive way or intuitive way -- i.e., the "blink" method of problem-solving -- almost never leads to an elegant solution to a complex problem, because deeper, hidden causes don't get addressed. As I watch teams work, I notice that little, if any, time is spent digging into the possible causes of the problem. But, watch an episode of CSI or House: First they collect the evidence, diagnose causes, and then solve. Lo and behold, it's never the obvious solution.

Click here to read the other six.

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Schedule Time To Think

7 Deadly Thinking Traps That Prevent Problem Solving