Sometimes, we make the problems less troublesome by putting them in someone else's back yard—or back end. This technique is called problem displacement, and is often very useful when consciously and conscientiously done. But new problems—more often than not—are created unconsciously.

To be true to yourself, in this problem-resolving business, you must consider moral questions before you get close to a solution, or even a definition, and thereby begin to lose your sensibility. Such consideration will never waste your time, for problem-resolving can never be a morally neutral activity—no matter how much it fascinates its

ONCE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM STATEMENT IN WORDS, PLAY WITH THE WORDS UNTIL THE STATEMENT IS IN EVERYONE'S HEAD.

TEST YOUR DEFINITION ON A FOREIGNER, SOMEONE BLIND, OR A CHILD, OR MAKE YOURSELF FOREIGN, BLIND, OR CHILDLIKE.

EACH NEW POINT OF VIEW WILL PRODUCE A NEW MISFIT.

IN THE VALLEY OF THE PROBLEM SOLVERS, THE PROBLEM CREATOR IS KING, OR PRESIDENT, OR DEAN.

TRY BLAMING YOURSELF FOR A CHANGE—EVEN FOR A MOMENT.

We never get rid of problems. Problems, solutions, and new problems weave an endless chain.

IF PEOPLE REALLY HAVE THEIR LIGHTS ON, A LITTLE REMINDER MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN YOUR COMPLICATED SOLUTION.