Problemater's Kit (.pdf)
For brains that feed on problems.
Decisive
Goal Setter, Good
Planner, Good
Problem-Solver
Responsible
Self-directing
Help from your head
Vulcan
Un
Explorer
Empath
Engineer
Head Team
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Choose Slogans and Tips Problemater's Kit (.pdf) For brains that feed on problems. |
Related Strengths Decisive Goal Setter, Good Planner, Good Problem-Solver Responsible Self-directing |
See: Topics: Choose
Help from your head |
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Choosing is the first step toward being in charge. |
If you don’t choose, something else will choose for you. It’s your
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Waiting is a choice. Whether you intend to choose it or not. |
Insist on alternatives. Without alternatives, you don't have a choice.
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You are what you choose to do. |
If you want motivation, make your own choice. |
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Luke Skywalker: I'll try. Yoda: No. Do. Or do not. There is no
try. |
A person must choose. That is the price of being a person. |
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There are no simple solutions, only intelligent choices. |
You are the navigator. Whether you choose or not. |
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You will choose today. Even if you only choose to wait. |
It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our
choices. Albus Dumbledore. |
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You want your choice now to suit your needs then.
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To seek what you want, know what you want. |
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Do it now! There may be a rule against it tomorrow. |
You can't be hopeless if you can choose. |
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For every yes, there is a no. |
If it has just one side, it is not of this world. |
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They also choose who only choose to wait. |
To live is to choose. Therefore choose to live. |
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If not now, when? |
The mystery of the third way. Not either-or. Both. |
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Moderation is fine if you don't overdo it. |
Don't just do something, sit there. |
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Two kinds of people: Those that things happen to and those that make
things happen. |
A wish is a dream the mouth makes. |
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Wishing is an oral activity. |
Enough tomorrows will give you a great collection of empty yesterdays.
–Professor Harold Hill |
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Those who can, do. Those who can’t, complain. |
In the long run, it is easier to find solutions than to find excuses.
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Hoping and wishing are excuses for waiting. |
Not in our stars but in ourselves. |
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There is no right or wrong, only consequences. |
Worse than not getting what you wish for is getting what you wish for.
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If you don’t choose your goal, you won’t know when you’ve won. |
If you are looking for a clear choice, why haven’t you already found it?
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. |
Don't speak of action in the passive voice. |
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Opportunity looks like work to most people. So they miss it.–Thomas A.
Edison. |
We are not limited by our fears. We are limited by our choices. |
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Can you see the main steps in the options that look best? |
Don Meredith: When ifs and buts are candy and nuts, every day will be
Christmas. |
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The difference between a wish and a want: You expect to work for what
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Experience is the best teacher. And it keeps the right score. |
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You have to stand for something or you will fall for anything. |
Mark Cuban: Sometimes the best deal is the one you don't do. |
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Nothing is done until someone does it. |
Never test the depth of the water with both feet. |
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A surplus of information means a shortage of attention.
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Choosing you goal is the first gate to motivation.
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Most of our limitations lie in our choices rather that in our abilities. |
The greatest view is the fan of possibilities. |
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What choice would best serve your long term goals? |
Does your first choice have to be final? |
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Not everything you want is worth the cost. |
What action will cost the least in time or effort? |
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Do you want to take a risk on this? |
Do you need a plan for choosing? Can you find help for planning? |
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How will your choice look five years from now? |
What choice will do most to keep your options open? |
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You can choose to defer the choice. Is that the choice you want now?
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Do you want to be conservative this time? |
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What option has the least risk? |
What will happen if you decide to do nothing? |
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Do you want to make a snap decision? |
Can you make another option by combining the ones you have? |
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Which choice would you like best? Why? |
Flip a coin. If you don't want to flip a coin, why? |
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Close your eyes. Gather your thoughts. Or sleep on it. |
Which choice do you really want to avoid? Why? |
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What information do you need to decide? |
Do you need any more options? |
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Find alternatives. Without alternatives, you don't have a choice. |
How can you hedge your bets? |
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Maybe your objective is just to explore, to find out something. |
Where could you get more information? Where could you look? |
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Can you choose to make this a trial run? |
Who knows more about the problem than you do? |
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Which choice would look best to other people? |
Could you win the battle and lose the war? |
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What would you recommend to somebody else who had this problem? |
What would be the most popular choice? |
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How can you keep from burning bridges behind you? |
What choice would surprise the people who know you? |
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Putitoff Do you want to put this off? What would happen? |
Networker: Does this situation remind you of any others you know about?
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Storyboarder Imagine how things will be after you decide. |
Tooth Fairy Check your wish list. |
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Hunter: Do something, even if it is wrong. |
Do you need more options? |
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When do you have to make the decision? |
How will you feel about this next month? |
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Do you have a list of your best ideas? |
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