Problem Solving

Could Your Small Business Benefit From a Strategic Off-Site This Spring?

Karen Leland | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Small Business, Strategy, Strategic Vision, Time Management, Problem Solving, Small Business Off-Sites, Off-Site Meetings, Small Business News

While off-site strategy and planning sessions are often considered the purview of Fortune 500 companies, small businesses can benefit tremendously from a focused foray out of the office.

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Being Smarter About IQ

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Memory, Concentration, Iq, Psychology, Brain, Learning, Frontal Lobes, Problem Solving, Fluid Intelligence, Executive Functions, College News

Are we still debating whether IQ is fixed or whether it is malleable and can be pushed around? Are we still fighting the nature versus nurture battle? We thought this had been resolved ages ago. In fact, 30 years ago.

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I'm With Stupid: Making Yourself More Smarter the Alcoholic Way

Todd Hartley | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Congress, Bowling, Intelligence, Problem Solving, Beer, Alcohol, University of Illinois, Science, Men, Drinking, Comedy News

I, for one, always felt smarter when I was drinking. I felt fatter, sweatier and smellier, as well, but that's not really the point. I wasn't drinking to make myself more attractive. I was drinking to make the rest of you more attractive.

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Drinking Could Make You Smarter

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Creativity Drinking, Problem Solving, Alcohol Smarter, Alcohol, Beer, Creativity Alcohol, Beer Smarter, Beer Smart, Alcohol Smart, Alcohol Study, Study, Drinking, Video, Food News

Can drinking beer make you smarter? Perhaps, according to a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Cognitive psychologist Jennifer Wi...

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Abundance: A Reminder of the Need to Focus on Our Surpluses and Not Just Our Shortages

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, Peter Diamandis, Abundance, Cognitive Surplus, Surplus, Problem Solving, Books News

With unemployment still over 8 percent, we currently have more ingenuity, energy, and expertise than we have jobs -- and definitely more time on our hands. That's one reason I was so drawn to Abundance, a new book by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler.

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Create a Distraction-Free Zone

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Distraction, Robert Bjork, Technology and Kids, Children, Learning, Problem Solving, Parents News

That is where technology comes to the rescue for kids. In the middle of that frustration, they are prone to turn to a smart phone app, to start texting with a friend, or to take a break and play a video game. This multitasking is a killer for complex learning.

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Budgeting Your Energy in Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Energy, Hot Flashes, Perimenopause, Menopause, Self-Esteem, Motivation, Fifty News, Hormones, Estrogen, Positive Thinking, Aging, Health, Problem Solving, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Symptoms, Fifty News

When women enter menopause, several of their symptoms can work together to create a menopause monster. Weight gain and insomnia can partner with depression to make a tornado of negative thoughts and feelings that seems impossible to diffuse.

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5 Games Every Post50 Woman Should Know

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Scrabble, Women, Bunco, Memory Boosters, Bunco-Group, Girls' Night In, Problem Solving, Card-Games, Mahjong, Cognitive Health, Fifty News

Along with dealing with defiant teens, adjusting to empty nests, and struggling through divorces - not to mention the plotting, scheming, and murder-f...

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Take the Training Wheels Off

Peter Baksa | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Consciousness, Parenting Advice, Positivity, Attitude, Life Lessons, Problem Solving, Perspective, Teaching, Healthy Living Spirit, Attitude-Adjustment, Healthy Living News

If the traditional way of doing things isn't working for you, change the way you are looking at the situation. This thinking automatically opens you up to new solutions and for others to lend a helping hand as well.

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The Most Successful Way To Brainstorm

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Paul Paulus, Concepts, Brainstorming, Idea Generation, Ideas, How to Brainstorm, Healthy Living Mind, Brain Science, Brainstorming Techniques, Problem Solving, Group Work, Healthy Living News

The problem with group brainstorming sessions is that the technique is often ineffective. Groups that get together to generate ideas often generate fewer ideas than the individual would generate if they worked alone.

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Endurance: Take a Victory Lap

Amy Russell | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: California, Walking, Focus, Rules, Problem Solving, Connecticut, Healthy Living News

When "hills" come in life; don't stop and stare at it; that will just make you anxious. Don't stop in the middle, you'll have a much harder time starting again. And don't quit just after, do a victory lap; keep going. Because the top of the hill wasn't the end. The journey continues.

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Reducing Conflict in Children: Lessons From Larry Aber

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Child Development, Neuroscience, Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, Social Emotional Learning, J. Lawrence Aber, Intellectual Learning, Problem Solving, Child Aggression, Child Aggression Studies, Childhood Aggression, Education News

Building on the prior laboratory work of Kenneth Dodge, Aber and his colleagues began to investigate what goes on in children's minds when they are provoked.

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The Real Reason Boys Don't Talk About Feelings

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Dealing With Problems, Boys Dealing With Problems, How Girls Deal With Problems, Boys Talking About Problems, How Boys Deal With Problems, Problem Solving, Video, Parents News

It's no secret that women get frustrated when men won't get emotional. You know, the old: "My boyfriend has such a guard up." "My husband refus...

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The Future of the Arts/The Future of America

Michael Kaiser | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Arts, U.S. Economy, Education, National Endowment for the Arts, Deficits, Problem Solving, President?S Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Kennedy Center, Arts News

How are students going to build confidence in their abilities to create if they are not given access to education that goes beyond reading, writing and arithmetic?

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Dwelling On Your Problems? An Easy But Radical Way To Stop

Hale Dwoskin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Letting Go, Sedona Method, Hale Dwoskin, Emotional Wellness, Problem Solving, Memory, Emotional Intelligence, Letting Go of a Grudge, Problems, Emotional Freedom, Memories, Self Help, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Give this radical approach to problem-solving a try when you find yourself dwelling on your problems and I'm confident that you, too, will begin to experience the joy and the freedom that each new moment brings.

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Would You Rather Criticize, Complain or Create?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Self Help, Dealing With Criticism, Problem Solving, Criticism Solution, Criticism, Complaint Solution, Finding Solutions, Healthy Living News

The next time you find yourself complaining, ask yourself, "What difference can I make that requires no one's permission other than my own?" The same question can be asked of someone who is complaining to you.

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Students Design Their Future

Nancy Conrad | Posted 05.25.2011

What do you think you'd get if you put a team of high school students together for four months and gave them the opportunity to take risks and to unleash their scientific creativity to solve real world problems?

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Reframe Your Problem As A Puzzle

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Workarounds, Workarounds That Work, Irwin Carasso, Tree of Life, Problem Solving, Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Inspiration, Healthy Living News

The next time you are faced with a problem, reframe that problem as a puzzle. Puzzles have solutions and that problem you are holding onto right now just might contain a key piece to the whole puzzle coming together.

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HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Ben Berkowitz, Co-Founder Of SeeClickFix

The Huffington Post | Dominique Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seeclickfix, Problem Solving, New Haven, Community, New Media, Greatest Person of the Day, Ben Berkowitz, Video, Impact News

Today we're featuring Ben Berkowitz, co-founder of SeeClickFix.com, a website that is revolutionizing the way we report problems of infrastructure in ...

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'Good' Worry? How Worrying Well Can Help You Manage Stress

Martin Rossman, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Good Anxiety, Adaptive Anxiety, Mental Health, Good Worry, Adaptive Worry, Stress Management, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Worrying-Well, Brain, Ocd, Problem-Solving, Imagination, Stress, Anxiety, Illness Good Worry Habit Manage Stress Health and Wellness, Healthy Living News

Worry generally gets a bad rap in modern life. That's because most of us don't know how to worry well -- using it to manage stress instead of letting it cause more stress.

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Let's Have Marriage Drills

Ilana Kukoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Marital Status, Marriage, Engagement, Changing Habits, Problem Solving, Relationships, Healthy Living News

The marriage drill would replace ingrained, negative instincts with practiced behavior that, through repetition and simulation, would become rote.

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How to Dispel Darkness (Part 2)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Personal Objectivity, True Self, Transcendence, Problem Solving, Healthy Living News

All of the ways that we deal with darkness will fall short unless there is a solution that lies beyond the divided self. As long as one p...

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The Art of Obsessing Compulsively

Eric Maisel, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Creativity, Obsession, Anxiety, Motivation, Therapists, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Problem Solving, Healthy Living News

By focusing all of its attention on illness and on what's not working, psychology has missed the fact that the brain's ability to obsess can also amount to a real treasure.

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Simple Leadership in a Complex World

Terry Newell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Public Discourse, Problem Solving, Politics News

"I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity." - O...

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The Scarlett Syndrome

Terry Newell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Infrastructure, The Future, Global Warming, Problem Solving, Business News

The U.S. national debt ceiling now tops $13 trillion, with annual budget deficits running near or above $1 trillion. We cannot continue to ignore intractable societal problems.

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