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			Problems emerge to help you get 
			stronger, not weaker. 
								 
						
			Life challenges emerge to help you get 
			better, not bitter.  | 
								
								Vadim Kotelnikov |  
			    
			CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING: 3 STEPSProblem Finding
 Your achievement drive is high when you have a burning desire to 
			perform to the best of your ability. It inspires you to identify and 
			clarify problems.
 Creative dissatisfaction attitude helps you to notice problems and 
			search for creative solutions. It inspires you to look at something 
			and say, It can be done differently and better. Use the 5-Why 
			approach to determine the root cause of a problem.
 Critical thinking prompts you you access the assumptions underlying 
			your own and others ideas and actions. It helps you also understand 
			the problem in detail.
 Creative Solution
 Challenge assumption. Learn to unlearn. Ask "Why?" and "What If?" 
			questions  critical thinking works best when you continually ask 
			yourself, Does this make sense?, If not, what if?. Solve 
			problems positively. Ask yourself, "What good things this problem 
			brings to me?
 Think outside the box. Remember, nothing makes a person blinder than 
			a point of view. Strive to see what you and others overlooked. Look 
			at the things with new eyes to make discoveries. Play with What-If 
			scenarios.
 Evaluate ideas. Use the spiral integration (SPIN) method to 
			synergize ideas.
 Idea Implementation
 Sell benefits of the creative solution to decision makers. Make a 
			prototype, if possible, because prototypes persuade better than 
			words. Play a simulation game with the idea to prepare to win. 
			Experiment, learn from feedback and adapt.
 
			  
									
										
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							Solve problems positively. 
							Ask yourself, 
							"What good things and
				
				opportunities this problem brings to me? Let me 
							list of them all."
 
			
			
			
			Look wider. If you focus on a barrier to overcome, you miss 
			opportunities to explore other ways to move forward. |  |  |  
			
 
									
										
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							Solve problems positively. 
							Ask yourself, 
							"What good things and
				
				opportunities this problem brings to me? Let me 
							list of them all."
 
			
			
			
			Look wider. If you focus on a barrier to overcome, you miss 
			opportunities to explore other ways to move forward. |  |  |    
						
							
								|  | 
						
			Problems emerge to help you get 
			stronger, not weaker. 
								 
						
			Life challenges emerge to help you get 
			better, not bitter.  | 
								
								Vadim Kotelnikov |    
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