It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
— John Steinbeck

Sometimes it makes sense to sleep on a problem and not react spontaneously, or out of emotion or anger. But once you’ve calmed down, it’s best to deal with people right away to talk things out.
— Rick Pitino

Understand that often when you have searched in vain for a solution to a problem, you can find it by helping someone else solve his or her problem. By the time you have solved the other person’s problem, you will have the insight to solve your own.
— Napoleon Hill

The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was small.
— Lao Tzu

Find the essence of each situation, like a logger clearing a log jam. The pro climbs a tall tree and locates the key log, blows it and lets the stream do the rest. An amateur would start at the edge of the jam and move all the logs, eventually moving the key log. Both approaches work, but the “essence” concept saves time and effort. Almost all problems have a “key” log if we learn to find it.
— Fred Smith