Monday, March 28, 2011

The proverbial dog: New approach in problem solving

     When facing a problem, it is easier to look for already existing answers; or even to give up at the first place, the real difficult task is to grasp the meaning of it; see it from a different point of view, and coming up with a real solution. The genuineness of each individual is his/her reactions toward difficult situations, or so called challenges. The way each individual approaches a problem, tells all about his/her wisdom. Whether he/she takes a logical approach toward the problem; looks for conventional solutions or thinks it difficult at the first place is based on how skillfully he/she thinks critically. As Tony Blair in his memoir mentions about Derry Irvine; Derry Irvine was a unique genius man who approached the problems in a logical way, or as he puts it: "Like a proverbial dog with a bone. He would gnaw at it, examine it, turn it over, burry it, dig it up, step back and stare at it." Recognizing the problem, understanding it deep and clear, analyzing it from a different point of view, trying to come up with unconventional solutions, and in the end coming up with a solution that no ordinary one could ever come up with are the ways that Derry Irvine would process the data regarding the problem.  "He wouldn't stop or reflect until he had got every bit of meat there was off it, had extracted its essence and mastered it." Digging the problem deep and figuring out its actual concept is the main factor in a logical approach. This is the approach of none-ordinary men. The genuine individual does not look for an easy way; he/she looks for a real answer.

 

By: Mina Sheikhha


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