2013 TKR: Quick Quotes about trouble-shooting

Quick Quotes about trouble-shooting
Self-help--Thinkerer
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• The reason quotes stick around is that they fit lots of things.  
• So look them over.  
• You may find one that fits you.  
• Or somebody you know.

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• Do you need to change your goal?  What do you know about choosing goals?
• If you were to start over, what would you do differently?
• Should you be satisfied with what has happened so far?        
• If you hadn’t started, would you start now?
• How does this fit with your long-term goals?     
• You will choose today.  Even if you only choose to wait.

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• Would your plan work better later?
• What you should you do?  Ask:  How should you change what you tried before?    
• How will all this look ten years from now?
• If you dig yourself into a hole, stop digging.
• Focus on what you can control.  What you can't control will take care of itself.
• You can get a lot more experience at fixing symptoms than you can at fixing the cause.
• Look for a way to do the opposite of what you did before.

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• Imagine that you were back at the beginning.  How would you rewrite the story?
• Imagine how your plan would go if you could wait till later.
• Imagine that your tooth fairy has arrived to fix things.  What do you want done?       
• If you always do what you've always done, you’ll always get what you've always got.
• How could somebody help you reach your goal?  Why would they do that?
• What do you wish you had known earlier?  How could you have known it earlier?

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• Are you confusing faulting with fixing?       
• Do you wish you had more cooperation from others?  Why would they cooperate?
• What advice would you give someone in the same situation?         
• One way to win is to make it okay to lose.
• If you don’t get payoff from what you did,  get it from seeing how to do better next time.  
• Tooth Fairy:  Check your wish list.

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• Hunter:  Do you need to get fired-up again?  How did you get fired-up before?
• Shudoff:  Do you know what you should do?  What keeps you from doing it?
• Explorer: What do you need to know to handle this?
• Tooth Fairy:  Are there any personal skills that you wish you had?
• Canter:  Rapids ahead!  Watch for the rocks.
• Hunter:  Rapids ahead. Look for the flow around the rocks.

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• Make a list of the things that have gone right.        
• Do you need a new plan?  What do you know about planning?
• Thinking about what you can’t do is worry.  Thinking about what you can do is planning. 
• Should you be satisfied with what has happened so far?
• What is your biggest challenge right now?  Treat it as a separate problem.  
• The difference between a trial run and a failure lies in what you get out of it.
• Know the power of yet.  As in I don't know how to do this yet. 

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• What is the smallest thing you can do to make things a little better?
• What happened that you didn't plan for?  
• If you get it right the first time, it was too easy.
• Brain trap: Expect it to work the first time.  Fast track to exit.
• The strongest card you have is one you haven't played.  
• There are no unsuccessful people.  Only unsuccessful choices.

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• We are not limited by our fears.  We are limited by our choices.
• What things do you have to do right the first time?
• The only public part of the success story is the last act.
• Success is going from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Churchill
• If you always do what you've always done, you’ll always get what you've always got.
• Mistakes are a fact of life.  It is the response that matters.
• Failure is a door to success.  If you choose to see it that way.

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• Failure is not in falling down; it is in staying down.
• If it had a simple solution, you wouldn't know it was a problem.
• If failure were fatal, we’d all be dead.
• If you dig yourself into a hole, stop digging.
• Practice the bounce-back routine.  Yes, it does exist.  But only for successful people.
• You do not build self-confidence out of failing.  You build it out of bouncing back.
• The mighty oak was once a nut that held its ground.

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• Celebrate small victories.  Practice for the big ones.
• If you hit a dead end, turn around.
• The difference between a trial run and a failure lies in what you get out of it.
• If you want to attract attention, make a misteak.
• The key that works will always be the last one you try.
• If you always succeed, you are overqualified for your job.

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• How many failures does it take to make a success?
• The value of a goal is not in having it, but in winning it.
• We look down the rapids and see the paths around the rocks.
• Obstacles are just nature’s way of showing us what we can do.
• The path to success is paved with mistakes.
• A problem is not a wall.  It’s a door.

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• Football would be a lot easier without the other team.
• Defeat is advance payment for victory.
• Challenges are the root stock of confidence.
• There ain't much learning in the second kick of the mule.
• The man who laughs in the midst of disaster has thought of someone he can blame it on.
• The benefit you get from a mistake is what you learn from it.   
• The real secret of success is frustration tolerance.
• Brain trap: Expect it to work the first time.  Fast track to exit.

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