john.martin 5194 (2/14/2013)
i am not saying we are not problem solvers.I am saying that problem solving is part of the journey in order to create something worthwhile.
I see problem solving as a subset.
When I approach life I ask myself what are we trying to create.
This assists to prioritise what I tackle.
If I see that solving problems is not trying to overcome an obstacle, but rather a step in the creation of something, my creativity and vigour are much more engaged!
John,
There is much to agree within this post. And this is well said.
And I greatly appreciate the statement "what WE are trying to create." Finding a problem in an existing system and solving that problem we find that we are joining with the originator of the solution and recreating the solution into a more correct one. As you have found we cannot always start everything from scratch, we stand on the work of others and make it into a better solution.
Thank you!
Not all gray hairs are Dinosaurs!