Bail Water While It’s Still Ankle Deep
Bail
water, while it’s still ankle deep, is a West African Igbo Proverb whose meaning warns
us not to ignore our problems because they grow and become bigger problems over
time.
It happens to even the most seasoned people. You are excited to embrace new challenges and you have visualized success at the end of the road. Here is how some leaders think about problems and how you can learn to overcome them before they get too big.
A positive attitude may not solve your problems -- but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Anonymous
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke Ellington
All problems become smaller when you confront them instead of dodging them. – William F. Halsey
Do not bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. – Colin Powell
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. – Rene Descartes
Giving up is the most painful way of solving a problem. – Anonymous
If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem, it is impossible to solve it. – Naoto Kan
Inside of every problem lies an opportunity. – Robert Kiposaki
It isn’t that they cannot find the solution. It is that they cannot see the problem. – G.K Chesterton
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. – Robert H. Shuller
Problems are nothing but wake-up calls for creativity – Gerhard Gschwandtner
Problem-solving leaders have one thing in common: a faith that there’s always a better way. – Gerald M. Weinberg
Running away from a problem only increases the distance from the solution. – Anonymous
Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; Instead they require maturity to outgrow them. – Steve Maraboli
There is no problem outside of you that is superior to the power within you. – Bob Proctor
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein
We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem. – Russell L. Ackoff
Your ability to solve problems and make good decisions is the true measure of your skill as a leader. – Brian Tracy
Bail water while it’s still ankle deep West African Igbo Proverb means leaders solve problems and stop them before they get too big.
Bail Water While It’s Still Ankle Deep African Proverbs and Quotes.
It happens to even the most seasoned people. You are excited to embrace new challenges and you have visualized success at the end of the road. Here is how some leaders think about problems and how you can learn to overcome them before they get too big.
A positive attitude may not solve your problems -- but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Anonymous
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke Ellington
All problems become smaller when you confront them instead of dodging them. – William F. Halsey
Do not bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. – Colin Powell
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. – Rene Descartes
Giving up is the most painful way of solving a problem. – Anonymous
If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem, it is impossible to solve it. – Naoto Kan
Inside of every problem lies an opportunity. – Robert Kiposaki
It isn’t that they cannot find the solution. It is that they cannot see the problem. – G.K Chesterton
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. – Robert H. Shuller
Problems are nothing but wake-up calls for creativity – Gerhard Gschwandtner
Problem-solving leaders have one thing in common: a faith that there’s always a better way. – Gerald M. Weinberg
Running away from a problem only increases the distance from the solution. – Anonymous
Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; Instead they require maturity to outgrow them. – Steve Maraboli
There is no problem outside of you that is superior to the power within you. – Bob Proctor
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein
We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem. – Russell L. Ackoff
Your ability to solve problems and make good decisions is the true measure of your skill as a leader. – Brian Tracy
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