Virtual Outworlding: 2013 TKR: Quick Quotes about trouble-shooting

Quick Quotes about trouble-shooting
Self-help--Thinkerer
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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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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