Difference between Focusing on Problems and Focusing on Solutions

Case 1

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing surface).

To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 Million.

They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did the Russians do…?? They used a pencil.

Case 2

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought

A soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty.

Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with High-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a whoopee amount to do so.

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan On, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral: Always look for simple solutions.
Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems.
Always focus on solutions & not on problems.

This is how most of us thank? our mother!

* When you came into the world, she held you in her arms.
You thanked her by wailing like a banshee.

* When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.
You thanked her by crying all night long.

* When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.
You thanked her by running away when she called.

* When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love.
You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.

* When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons.
You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.

* When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays.
You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud.

* When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school.
You thanked her by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING!"

* When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball.
You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor' s window.

* When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream.
You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.

* When you were 9 years old, she paid for music lessons.
You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.

* When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another.
You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.

* When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies.
You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.

* When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

Those teenage years -

* When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming.
You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.

* When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp.
You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.

* When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug.
You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.

* When you were 16, she taught you how to driver her car.
You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.

* When you were 17, she was expecting an important call.
You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

* When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation.
You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.

Growing old and gray -

* When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.
You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

* When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone.
You thanked her by saying, "It's none of your business."

* When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future.
You thanked her by saying, "I don't want to be like you."

* When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation.
You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.

* When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment.
You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.

* When you were 24, she met your fiancé and asked about your plans for the future.
You thanked her by glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!"

* When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you.
You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.

* When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby.
You thanked her by telling her, "Things are different now."

* When you were 40, she called to remind you of an relative's birthday.
You thanked her by saying you were "really busy right now."

* When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.
You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.

And then, one day, she quietly moved. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder. Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute/show appreciation to the SPECIAL person called MOTHER though some may not say it openly to their mother.
There's no substitute for her. Cherished every single moment. Though at times she may not be the best of friends, may not agree to our thoughts, she is still your mother!!! She will be there for you...to listen to your woes, your bragging, your frustrations, etc. Ask yourself. have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her "blues" of working in the kitchen, her tiredness??? Be tactful, loving and still show her due respect though you may have a different view from her.
Once gone, only fond memories of the past and also regrets will be left

Classic Definitions & Cool Meanings

1. Cigarette : A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other.

2. Love affairs : Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test.

3. Marriage : It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master

4. Divorce : Future tense of marriage

5. Lecture : An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either".

6. Conference : The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

7. Compromise : The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

8. Tears : The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water-power ...

9. Dictionary : A place where divorce comes before marriage.

10. Conference Room : A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.

11. Ecstasy : A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before.

12. Classic : A book which people praise, but do not read.

13. Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

14. Office : A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

15. Yawn : The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

16. Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

17. Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

18. Experience : The name men give to their mistakes.

19. Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

20. Philosopher : A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.

21. Diplomat : A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

22. Opportunist : A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.

23. Optimist : A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in midway "See I am not injured yet."

24. Pessimist :- A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.

25. Miser : A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

26. Father : A banker provided by nature.

27. Criminal : A guy no different from the rest... except that he got caught.

28. Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

29. Politician : One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.

30. Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.

Newton forgot to state the following laws

LAW OF QUEUE: If you change queues, the one you have left will
start to move faster than the one you are in now.

LAW OF TELEPHONE: When you dial a wrong number, you never get
an engaged one.

LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR: After your hands become coated with
grease,your nose will begin to itch.

LAW OF THE WORKSHOP: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the
least accessible corner.

LAW OF THE ALIBI: If you tell the boss you were late for work
because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a
flat tire.

BATH THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone
rings.

LAW OF ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know
increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen
with.

LAW OF THE RESULT: When you try to prove to someone that a
machine won't work,it will!

LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely
proportional to the reach.

THEATRE RULE: People with the seats at the furthest from the
aisle arrive last.

LAW OF COFFEE: As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee,
your boss will ask you to do something which will last until
the coffee is cold.