The Scoop on Problem Solving
Many skills are needed in life but none as necessary as good Solving Problem Processes.
Problem-solving can be described as a mental process that involves discovering, analyzing and solving problems.
The ultimate goal of problem-solving is to overcome obstacles and find a solution that best resolves the issue.
As a young nursing student one of my first nursing school requirements was a seven step process in problem solving of patient medical issues. This simple but profound discovery worked in my leadership role as Director of Nursing and even in my Counseling and Coaching Career. Each Coaching Client issue is met with a process of finding a solution.
Through out the years I have compiled a few simple short five steps that can apply to your everyday life. They can apply to the simplest problems to the grand decisions of the business CEO. We are all leaders in one prospective or another. In what ever your daily routine is you must be a good problem solver and maintain a perspective with problems.
Practical 5 Steps
1. Identify the problem
2. Identify the best solutions
3. Formulate a plan
4. Achieve the plan
5. Evaluate the success of the plan
Saving the best for last; James 1:1-8 gives a biblical prospective of problem solving and should be used with the practical 5 step process above.
James is a leader with a visionary prospective and he is writing to the 12 Christian Tribes of Israel. Being a Leader and a Christian he knows that there will be many obstacles (trials). He calls them trials and he says the problems are merely tests in your life.
James says:
1. Be patient, verse 4
2. Pray (ask God for wisdom), verse 5
3. Expect, verse 6-8
Faith is the key word, we should expect and anticipate solutions and we should have great joy and optimism as we work through the trials and receive the solutions.
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about 1 year ago
Ouida,
You are so right. I have been praying and asking God to help a lady I have only talked on the phone too. Through the Christmas Season and until about a week ago, she had been talking about and did take a hand full of pills 3 weeks ago. A friend found and called an ambulance, I have been telling her, her grandson looks forward to her calls, even if he doesn’t act like he does. She called me 3 days ago, she met someone that knows me. This lady has a son in the same head trama rehab as her grandson. They were talked about a staff at the rehab and realized it was me. They have talked about coming to see thier loved ones together.
I know that because I prayed without ceasing, these ladies met 200 miles from where I work. God is so faithful to answer our prayers, but like you said, you have to have Faith.