Usually, the best ideas come from having to fix a really hard problem.
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No matter what kind of problem I've run into, there's always been a solution for it. Now, obviously, there will be a point where there aren't any more solutions, and I'll have used up my time. We all do.
The best types of problems are those that seem harder at first than when you think about it.
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.
Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.
If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.
Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.
There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.
Most people have their best ideas when they take their minds away from problems they're trying to solve.
Sometimes big problems are best solved with lots of small and creative solutions.