“He seemed to think that spanking solved problems instead of taking the time to talk about them.”

“There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem.”

“If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.”

“Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; instead they require maturity to outgrow them.”

“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”

“The day you are not solving problems or are not up to your butt in problems is probably a day you are no longer leading. If your desk is clean and no one is bringing you problems, you should be very worried. It means that people don't think you can solve them or don't want to hear about them. Or, far worse, it means they don't think you care.”