Review: by Frank Daley - Review I liked Frank's idea of using Sherlock Holmes's approach - first ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2014
What's Your problem? No, really, what IS your problem? by Frank Daley - ReviewI liked Frank's idea of using Sherlock Holmes's approach - first identify the problem and then solve it. Often, as he correctly points out, correct identification is the first step in solving the problem, and conversely, wrong identification can result in inability to solve the problem.What I liked best about this book is Frank's technique of using the "I can't" "I won't (don't want to)" and "I don't know how to." This is the key insight in this book, which I plan to use all the time.I liked Frank's use of real-life examples to illustrate the principles of problem-identification and problem-solving. He ends the book with a quotation from Zig Ziglar that is particularly apt.All in all, I found this book very helpful.(By the way, I was surprised by the negative review of this book by one of the reviewers. It seems the reviewer hasn't read the book description, otherwise he/she wouldn't have assumed that this book is a guide to Sherlock Holmes's methods. Also, it's unfair to imply that the other reviewers are biased and "friends or family" of the author.)(Full disclosure: I downloaded a free copy of this book but that has not affected my review.)