Are Your Lights On?
THE TRICKIEST PART OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS IS JUST RECOGNIZING THEIR EXISTENCE.
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
DO UNTO OTHERS AS OTHERS HAVE DONE UNTO YOU.
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF AT LEAST THREE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE WRONG WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM.
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
A PROBLEM IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THINGS AS DESIRED AND THINGS AS PERCEIVED.
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
- Try to draw a picture of what some sentence or paragraph is saying. 10. Express the words in the form of an equation. 11. Express the equation in the form of words. 12. Try to express in words what some picture is trying to say. 13. Replace YOU with WE. 14. Replace WE with YOU. 15. Replace WE and YOU with BOTH PARTIES. 16. Replace A with THE and TH
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
DON'T TAKE THEIR SOLUTION METHOD FOR A PROBLEM DEFINITION
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
DON'T LEAP TO CONCLUSIONS, BUT DON'T IGNORE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION.
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
IF PEOPLE REALLY HAVE THEIR LIGHTS ON, A LITTLE REMINDER MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN YOUR COMPLICATED SOLUTION.
Sally Cox • Are Your Lights On?
WHERE DOES THE PROBLEM COME FROM?