Review: Solve Your Problems-- You Deserve It.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2014
This is a valuable book, not only for the college age generation, but for all facing new choices in life. Our culture values and reinforces quick action and quick solution (remember Nike's "Just Do It"?), with little value placed on contemplation of the real and underlying issues. As a result we see widespread discontentment, frustration and anxiety, because people are solving the wrong problems in life.Here Frank Daley gives us a disciplined approach to problem identification so that we can go directly to the root cause and choose exactly what needs to be fixed. He does not get in the "how", which, granted, can be quite complex, but the real merit of this book is to instill the discipline of asking the right questions and being true to oneself.He uses five examples to illustrate the process of determining emotional-, psychological- and mental-based barriers that prevent proper problem identification, which is very helpful. Here the reader can clearly grasp the real value to taking the time to identify the causes of problems.in Part II he uses business examples, which require a different set of skills to address the root cause of problems, as well as daily practical ones, such as the process of buying a car, and points out what to look out for when emotional and psychological barriers come into play.At the end he offers several tools to help in the next phase of problem solving.I recommend you get a copy. You deserve it!