Yesterday I compared the “why” vs. the “what” mindset of dealing with problems and solutions. My argument was simple. “Why” people are thinking strategically and “what” people are thinking tactically. While there is a time and place for both methods, “why” thinking is nearly always better when dealing with non cookie cutter problems. With this […]
More often than not, it’s not beneficial to debate the “why” for a problem and solution if the other person is thinking only about the “what”. These two mindsets of dealing with problems and solutions don’t tend to go well together. However, you can learn a lot about a person’s motivations by understanding which path […]
One of my favorite sayings is that there is no right way to do the wrong thing. I usually say this to people who: focus on fixing their weaknesses instead of maximizing their strengths, live in the past and future instead of living in the present, or people who let things they can’t control dictate […]