Progress is obtained only by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. When you solve problems, all you do is guarantee a return to normalcy.
As architects we're trained to solve problems, but I don't really believe in architectural problems. I only believe in opportunities.
Remember, there are no real failures in life, only results. There are no true tragedies, only lessons. And there are no problems, only opportunities waiting to be recognized as solutions by the person of wisdom.
And watch two men washing clothes, one makes dry clothes wet. The other makes wet clothes dry. they seem to be thwarting each other, but their work is a perfect harmony. Every holy person seems to have a different doctrine and practice, but there's really only one work.
The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities.
Problems are only opportunities in disquise.
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.
You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.
A pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.
Entrepreneurs, by their nature, see not only problems but solutions and opportunities.
Cultivate the technique of seeing all problems as opportunities. Opportunities to...be, and decide, Who You Really Are.
I do think of my work as being quintessentially American in that it could only have emerged in that particular situation that I find myself. I feel that a lot of my work is working on problems that might be specifically American problems, but not exclusively.
Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.
I just happen to love problems. Because I see problems as opportunities.
Entrepreneurs don’t do most of the work. Entrepreneurs identify the problems, discover the opportunities and then build processes to allow other people and other things to do the work.
When you perceive that problems serve a purpose in your life, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise.