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Problem-Solving? How about identifying it first. Problem Identification book published worldwide in French!

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Problem-solving is a problem!

But that problem just got solved! 3226079017_86226b1af0_m truck brake repair old
My book, What’s Your problem, No, Really, What IS Your Problem, The Sherlock Holmes GuideLuxe to Problem Identification, has just been published in a French translation worldwide.
The translation is by Caroline Begin
This problem-solving little book is now on Tolino, Scribd, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Nook, Apple and Amazon in French

Here it is on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cest-quoi-ton-probl-me-s-rieusement-cest-quoi-ton-probl-me-frank-daley/1124807666?ean=2940153561240

Problem-solving in English on Amazon. Sherlock Question Mark Cover, FINALCLICK HERE

This little book can help you determine the problem you are really trying to solve, instead of the one you think you should be solving!
I assure you, this will help you demolish three blocks (mental, emotional and psychological) that cloud our judgement when trying to solve a serious problem.
(Not how to make a good spaghetti sauce. That problem you can look up!)
This book can have you seeing clearly in just a few minutes.
Ten at the  most!
Need help with it?
Just Email me: frankdaley@rogrs.com
Frank
P.S. My college students said this was the best thing they learned in two years!

20 ways to identify at-risk students and children

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING SELF-HARM 

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Not all at-risk students are at-risk of self-harm or suicide but there are connections and similarities.
And one in five students DO harm themselves.
This is especially true with regard to those suffering from depression and anxiety.
If you or a child of yours is depressed or anxious, be vigilant.
If you need assistance, I may be able to help.
Contact me: daleyfrank0@gmail.com I’ll respond promptly.

WHAT QUALIFIES AS “AT-RISK?”

Before we can help a person in danger, we have to know who they are.  
“At-risk” students are generally considered to be those who are in danger of failing or dropping out of school. There are signs to indicate that they are not just in “a phase.” 

HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE AT-RISK? 

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HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE AT-RISK?

In some places in North America, almost 50% of students fail or drop out at one point or other. Of those who get to college (or university) 30% more change programs and when they do they usually go to another institution.

WHAT KIND OF SCHOOLS ARE THEY IN? 

Almost any kind: certainly high school, college and university. Even grade school children are at risk if they show indications such as the ones below.

HOW CAN YOU TELL WHO IS AT-RISK?   

Parents sometimes find it difficult to discern  serious trouble from normal teen-age behavior.
No surprise there.

But there are many ways you can determine if a student is at-risk academically or otherwise. 

THE FIRST THREE WAYS to discover those at-risk

Clearly those with diagnosed emotional, psychological or mental disabilities (ADD, ADHD, autism, etc.) are likely to be at-risk.

So those are the first three ways to tell.

But what of those kids who have not been diagnosed?

Thousands of children with problems are undiagnosed, and even those who are often don’t get the help they require. But aside from those obvious circumstances, how else can parents (and the rest of us) tell?

IF THEY…

4. have failed a semester or a whole year.
5. have been struggling in school for years.
6. have low or dropping grades.
7. have lost interest in school.
8. do not like their current program.
9. have some emotional or psychological problem.
10. have weak academic skills and won’t acknowledge  it.
11. do not know how to be a successful student.
OR THEY…
12. “hate” school.
13. are cutting or otherwise harming themselves
14. are suffering from depression.
15. are suffering from anxiety
16. think they are not smart enough for college or university.
17. want to work instead of going to school because they feel so bad.
18. want to change schools or programs but not be able to tell their parents about how they feel because they do not want to disappoint them.
19. can’t speak to their parents about any of this  but you can see there is something wrong.

Then they are at risk.

20. if she is sad or unhappy.

IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM

There are many other ways that young people can indicate they are in trouble academically–we’ll get to them in this series– but right now we have to be able to tell who is in danger before we can help him or her.

PARENTS NEED GUIDELINES

Parents need some guidelines. Often a parent who mentions something will get  jumped on by the kid: you are interfering or babying or “It’s none of your business” or, “I’m fine!” Or, “leave me alone!”

But, you can’t solve a problem without identifying it. 

IF YOUR CHILD IS SHOWING ANY OF THE SIGNS IN THE LISTS ABOVE, THEN SHE OR HE IS AT-RISK.

DO THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM?

At-risk students?

At-risk students

Sure, they know. And so do you.

They are having trouble in  school and that leads to problems with parents, peers and themselves. They are disappointed  in themselves. They are also confused and frightened. 

However, knowing you have a problem doesn’t mean you can identify it, let alone solve it. That’s what I can help them do. 

LEAVING SCHOOL CAN BE A GOOD IDEA BUT NOT USUALLY

Leaving school and going to work is a good idea--under certain circumstances–but I’m not referring to people or situations like that right  now.(We will get to it.) I’m talking about young people who would benefit from school, who are smart, who should be in (some kind of) school, but are drifting away, losing interest, getting frustrated and depressed. 

  • If you are a student, you know who you are.
  • If you are a parent or guardian of someone like this, you know it. This is a serious problem. 

I can help you if you are a student or a parent.

Visit Dropout to Dean’s List.

For faster action, Email me for a FREE information and strategy session. 

daleyfrank0@gmail.com 

-Frank

P.S.  If you have known about this problem for some time–or at least suspected something–then isn’t it time you did something about it?
It doesn’t have to end this way. This is either your life or your child’s.
Let me help you.
A FREE half-hour strategy session is an email away.
daleyfrank0@gmail.com

Problem-solving and the Self

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Know yourself and solve problems better.

This is Part 11 in a series of articles about the “self.”

We all run into problems with others and the answer often is, “Talk it out.”

Good advice, but it ain’t easy.

Before you can get to problem-solving BETWEEN YOU AND SOMEONE ELSE you have to listen with compassion and understanding.

Athena Staik, writing on Psych Central offers 5 prerequisites for getting into the problem-solving phase with your mate but the piece can be used for friends or coworkers too.

“The biggest obstacles in couple communications…often have to do with unlocking the heart and imagination of each partner to want to hear or listen to what the other says.” she says.

She writes of “healing yourself” of whatever is preventing you from seeing the other person’s point of view.

That’s for extreme situations; for most of us, the conditions don’t require healing!

It’s another way of saying, “know yourself” so you realize when you are contributing to the lack of communication that sometimes is the cause of the inability to solve a problem or even to address it properly between people.

Before you can solve a problem, you have to identify it.

Here’s a short take on how to do that. 

What’s Your Problem?: Having Trouble Identifying it? REFRAME IT AND SOLVE IT

Read Athena Staik’s piece HERE 
When you know yourself better you can solve problems better.
More easily, faster and without (as much!) stress.
If  you are enjoying  these articles on the Self and IF YOU are not a subscriber, you can begin by getting my ebook: FOUR QUESTIONS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
It’s FREE here and will be on Amazon soon for around $3.
You can also get a FREE consultation with me on any problem that might be driving you nuts.
If you have a problem with time management, personal goals, choosing a career path, the inability to choose a life partner (maybe you consistently date the wrong people) or any other troublesome area, you can help solve it with self-knowledge and I can teach you how to do that.
For a 20 minute–FREE— introduction, please email me: daleyfrank0@gmail.com or call me: 905-584-0617
I’ll be with you.
-Frank
Previous posts:

Part 1: Do you find yourself or create it? And why bother anyway? 

Part 2: Searching for yourself? Flying blind? Need a new search party?

Part 3: Be yourself. Everybody else is taken!

Part 4: Self discovery without viagra.

Part 5: Selfish vs Selfless (in women)

Part 6: Selfish. Always wrong?

Part 7: Selfishness, in the family.

Part 8: Singer Sarah Slean knows who she is

Part 9: Whatever you do, don’t be yourself!

Part 10: Self sinks soon. Save yourself!

Up next:

Part 12: Self-regard. Do you ever feel worthless? 

 

Frank Daley
daleyfrank0@gmail.com
647-205-5059
356 Westridge Drive , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

FREE for Five Days! What’s Your Problem? NO, Really, what IS your problem?

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We all have to solve problems every day.

Many people are not good at it simply because they’ve never been trained how to do it.

We can fix that!

 

We can fix it free for the next five days!  

From tomorrow, December 9th until Monday Dec 13th..it’s my Christmas present to you!

I hope you enjoy it.  

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What’s Your problem? No, really, what IS your Problem?: The Sherlock Holmes Guide to Problem Identification (The Production Line Book 1) (Kindle Edition)
So we have a problem. But instead of solving the problem we’re
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off the path of the real problem. This book, What’s Your Problem
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or unaware enough to take — rooting out the real problem.
Our lack of awareness of what needs to be solved, makes us feel
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Turns out that that ability is huge and can change our lives
for the better. A must read!
If you have difficulty solving a problem maybe it is because you are trying to fix the wrong “problem.”

WHAT IS PROBLEM-SOLVING?

Problem-solving involves trying to determine the solution to a complex problem that lacks an obvious solution or types of Sherlock Question Mark Cover, FINALsolutions.
We often think of problem-solving as a requirement for jobs or careers but we all have to solve problems. Mothers, for example, have to solve dozens a day!
All of us have technical, financial, mechanical problems as well as personal problems which can be related to ourselves or with others.
How we handle these problems dictates how we feel and about ourselves and how we perform in our everyday lives.
If we aren’t good at problem-solving we become anxious, depressed and in many ways upset.
I have an inexpensive but helpful book on problem-solving on Amazon.
It’s called:
What’s Your Problem? No, really, what IS your problem? The Sherlock Holmes Guide to Problem Identification.
It addresses the first step in Problem-solving that frequently gets missed in the process of trying to fix things in our personal or professional lives.
It’s problem-identification.
One of the reasons people can’t seem to solve thorny problems is that often they are trying to solve what they THINK is the problem but they are off-base, trying to solve a phantom problem.
Do you often say you “can’t solve a problem” as hard as you try?
I know how it feels, but…

WHAT IF YOUR “PROBLEM” IS NOT THE REAL PROBLEM?

What if you are mistaken about the nature of the actual problem?

You could go insane trying to solve some problems…if they are not the real problems.

Chances are they are NOT.

Your brain, psyche and emotions trick you into thinking you have identified a problem.

It’s often a mirage.

  • Eliminate the obstacles to “seeing” the problem and you have a good chance of solving it.
  • Persist in being fooled into trying to “solve” a problem that is misidentified and you could go on wrestling with it for years.
  • You have to find the real problem, not the one that is suggested to by your mind, your psyche  or your emotions.

You will learn—fast–how to eliminate the three psychological barriers that prevent you from solving your day-today problems.

  • You will wipe away the worry, negative thinking and frustration that comes when you can’t solve what you think or feel is a problem.
  • Stop trying to do the impossible—solve the wrong problems…the ones you haven’t correctly identified.
  • You’ll learn how to “see” your real problems and be able to find solutions.

This book will help you do it.

Fast.

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What’s Your Problem? No, really, what IS your problem? The Sherlock Holmes Guide to Problem Identification.

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Frank Daley
daleyfrank0@gmail.com
647-205-5059
356 Westridge Drive , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 

Problem-solving students? Not really.

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Problem-solving students? Not really.

(Second in a series on problem-solving)

  We all have to solve problems every day.

Many people are not good at it simply because they’ve never been trained  how to do it.

We can fix that!
The results here measure how 15-year-olds from around the world are doing in different areas (science, math and English) but primarily problem-solving.
In an international test involving 44 countries, Asian students are doing well.
Us? Not so much.

WHAT IS PROBLEM-SOLVING?

Problem-solving involves trying to determine the solution to a complex problem that lacks an obvious solution or types of solutions.
We often think of problem-solving as a requirement for jobs or careers but we all have to solve problems. Mothers, for example, have to solve dozens a day!
Students might have been asked  to solve questions such as how to plan a dinner for 8 (including one vegan and two vegetarians)or how to plan the best route to school.
All of us have technical, financial, mechanical problems as well as personal problems which can be related to ourselves or with others.
How would you solve a question such as telling your father you love him when your relationship has not been good for years?
How we handle these problems dictates how we feel and about ourselves and how we perform in our everyday lives.
If we aren’t  good at problem-solving we become anxious, depressed and in many ways upset.
At the end of this piece I’ll tell you how to fix this.

BACKGROUND

If you missed the first post in this series, Here it is. (LINK to the 1st post after its been published)

If you don’t have time to do that, here’s a short backgrounder.

  • CANADIAN students came in sixth and U.S. students 18th (out of 44 countries) in a recent problem-solving test for 15 year-old students from around the world.
  • ASIAN countries, led by Singapore, Korea and Japan scored higher than the North American countries.
  • The assessment tested students’ cognitive skills in “creative problem solving” in  subject areas such as math, science and reading.

NOTES TO HELP INTERPRET THE FINDINGS

  • Different countries were better at one in one area than others, and that might skew the results somewhat but North Americans don’t come out great either way.
  • The results are based on a limited number of examples and subject to a large margin of error.
  • There are some caveats re the way science and math are taught in some Asian (and other countries) and some people feel that they rely too much on rote but that’s a whole other area for discussion.

CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
And, anyway as a American educator, in an excerpt from a NY Times story, says, U.S. have fallen behind other countries in improvisation, imagination, intuition,  and  fearlessness with regard to facing problems.
Problem-solving abilities are in need of improvement for jobs increasingly in the future.

  • The scores were first recorded by the OCED (the Organization for Economic  Co-Operation and Development’s program for International Student Assessment (PISA). They began these Problem-solving tests in 2012.
  • About 85,000 students in 44 countries and economies participated in the computer-based assessment.
  • Not all countries that did well in school subjects like mathematics or science did well on the problem-solving test. Conversely, students in the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan did better on problem-solving than in key school subjects.

OECD AND PISA

The OECD’s PISA program investigates and compares the performance of schools and education systems worldwide. It does this by assessing 15-year-old students in three main subjects: mathematics, reading and science.
To date, more than 70 economies around the world have taken part in PISA.
The assessments are held every three years, and each round places a special focus on one of the key subjects: in 2012, it was mathematics.
A special feature focused on creative problem-solving.
FRIGHTENING STATS

  • Around one in nine (11.4%) of 15-year-old students across OECD countries are able to solve the most complex problems, compared to one in five in Singapore, Korea and Japan.
  • But on average across OECD countries about one in five students are able to solve only the simplest problems, meaning they lack the skills the modern workplace needs.

But PISA is not just a school test: it gathers extensive data on students’ social background, how they approach learning and the characteristics of their schools.

 HERE’S A YOUTUBE VIDEO ON OECD AND PISA

You get a good, fast intro here!

If you prefer text, here’s the OECD site.

PROBLEM-SOLVING AND YOU!

If you  are having difficulty solving problems, or even figuring out exactly what a particular problem IS,

then…

I have an inexpensive but helpful book on problem-solving on Amazon.
It addresses the first step in problem-solving that frequently gets missed in the process of trying to fix things in our personal or professional lives.
It is the steps of problem-identification.

Do you often say you “can’t solve a problem” as hard as you try?
I know how it feels, but…

WHAT IF YOUR “PROBLEM” IS NOT THE REAL PROBLEM?

What if you are mistaken about the nature of the actual problem?

You could go insane trying to solve some problems…if they are not the real problems.

Chances are they are NOT.

You have to find the real problem not the one that is suggested to by your mind, your psyche  or  your emotions.

You will learn—fast–how to eliminate the three psychological barriers that prevent you from solving your day-today problems.

This book can help you eliminate all the worry, fear, negative thinking and emotional upset that comes when you can’t solve what you think or feel are the problems.

Stop trying to do the impossible—solve the wrong problems…the ones you haven’t correctly identified.

You’ll learn how to “see” your real problems and be able to find solutions.

This book will help you do it.

Fast.

Click the image below to get your copy today!

 


Frank Daley
daleyfrank0@gmail.com
647-205-5059
356 Westridge Drive , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Problem-solving for North American students is a problem!

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Problem-solving for North American

students is a problem!

PROBLEM-SOLVING FOR NORTH AMERICAN  STUDENTS IS A REAL PROBLEM!
CANADIAN students came in sixth and U.S. students 18th (out of 44 countries) in a recent problem-solving test for 15 year-old students from around the world.
About 85,000 students in 44 countries and economies participated in the computer-based assessment.

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ASIAN COUNTRIES LEAD
ASIAN countries, led by Singapore, Korea and Japan scored higher than the North American countries.
No surprise. Their educational focus is well known.

WHAT IS PROBLEM-SOLVING?

Problem-solving involves trying to determine the solution to a complex problem that lacks an obvious solution or types of solutions.
The assessment tested students’ cognitive skills in “creative problem solving” in  subject areas such as math, science and reading.
The tasks the students were given could be something simple such as  determining which price on a pair of jeans is the best given other factors (such as how long would it take to get to the store (and what is the transportation cost to do so) vs paying a little more at a closer store.
Or they could be more complex such as how to fix project that is behind.
NOTES TO HELP INTERPRET THE FINDINGS

  • Different countries were better at one in one area than others, and that might skew the results somewhat but North Americans don’t come out great either way.
  • The results are based on a limited number of examples and subject to a large margin of error.
  • There are some caveats re the way science and math are taught in some Asian (and other countries) and some people feel that they rely too much on rote but that’s a whole other area for discussion.

And, anyway as a American educator says in an excerpt from the NY Times in this piece, U.S. students often fall behind other countries in what they have once thought to be excellent at: improvisation, imagination, intuition, fearlessness, etc.
They also are an indication that western countries’ problem-solving abilities are in need of improvement for jobs now and increasingly in the future.

  • The scores were first recorded by the OCED (organization for Economic  Co-Operation and  Development’s program for International Student Assessment (PISA). They began these Problem-solving tests in 2012.

SAMPLE NORTH AMERICAN PRESS REPORTS
U.S.A. Press report. This excerpt is from the New York Times.
Writer: Motoko Rich

‘“The American students who took the problem-solving tests in 2012, the first time they were administered, did better on these exams than on reading, math and science tests, suggesting that students in the United States are better able to apply knowledge to real-life situations than perform straightforward academic tasks.
“Still, students who took the problem-solving tests in countries including Singapore, South Korea, Japan, several provinces of China, Canada, Australia, Finland and Britain all outperformed American students.

Bob Wise, governor of West Virginia said:

“…where we used to… dominate in what we called the deeper learning skills — creative thinking, critical thinking and the ability to solve problems — other nations are … surpassing us.”’

…

American students were “open to novelty, tolerate doubt and uncertainty, and dare to use intuition to initiate a solution,” the O.E.C.D. said in a statement.
“But the problem-solving results showed that students in the highest-performing nations were also able to think flexibly.
“Even on interactive tasks, the American students’ strength, all the Asian countries that participated in this round of exams outperformed the United States: it was reported.
“To understand how to navigate a complex problem and exercise abstract reasoning is actually a very strong point for the Asian countries,” said Francesco Avvisati, an analyst on the PISA team at the O.E.C.D.’

Yes, and we need it too but we aren’t handling it it well enough.
Here’s Ms Rich’s full report
CANADIAN PRESS REPORT
The results show that Canadian 15-year-olds ranked sixth (some reports say seventh because the ratings are somewhat complex) in problem-solving, behind Asian countries, but ahead of Finland, Australia and the United Kingdom and the U.S.
This excerpt is from The Globe and Mail. Writer:  Caroline Alphonso.
In part, Ms Alphonso writes:

“The OECD report found that top-performing students can explore a complex scenario, devise multiple-step solutions and adjust plans after receiving feedback.
“The organization suggests that there is a correlation between a student’s ability to solve problems and doing well in math, reading and science.

The 2012 problem-solving test was new and optional for countries.
It tested how students use their analytical skills and it involved real-life scenarios, such as setting a thermostat or finding the quickest and cheapest train route to multiple destinations.
‘Today’s 15-year-olds with poor problem-solving skills will become tomorrow’s adults struggling to find or keep a good job,’ said Andreas Schleicher, the OECD’s deputy director for education and skills. ‘Policy makers and educators should reshape their school systems and curricula to help students develop their problem-solving skills which are increasingly needed in today’s economies.’
Here is her full report

WHAT MATTERS

What matters is, were the tests fair, helpful, useful and indicative of students’ ability to solve problems.
And if not, what can we  fix that? And, even more important, how can we help students improve their problem-solving skills?
Because we know that the ability to solve problems is critical.
My new book on Kindle can help with this problem. It’s called:
What’s Your Problem?
No really, what IS your problem?
The Sherlock Holmes Guide to problem Identification.

WHAT IF YOUR “PROBLEM” IS NOT THE REAL PROBLEM?

What if you are mistaken about the nature of the actual problem?

You could go insane trying to solve some problems…if they are not the real problems.

Chances are they are NOT.

You will learn—fast–how to eliminate the three psychological barriers that prevent you from solving your day-today problems.

This book can help eliminate all the worry, fear, negative thinking and emotional upset that comes when you can’t solve what you think or feel are the problems.

Stop trying to do the impossible—solve the wrong problems…the ones you haven’t correctly identified.

You’ll learn how to “see” your real problems and be able to find solutions.

This book will help you do it.

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Contact me if you need help!

 

Frank Daley
daleyfrank0@gmail.com
647-205-5059
356 Westridge Drive , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

 

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