Don't tolerate a problem if you
f. Once you identify a problem, don’t tolerate it.
Tolerating a problem has the same consequences as failing to identify it. Whether you tolerate it because you believe it cannot be solved, because you don’t care enough to solve it, or because you can’t muster enough of whatever it takes to solve it, if you don’t have the will to succeed, then your situation is hopeless. You need to develop a fierce intolerance of badness of any kind, regardless of its severity.
找出一个问题之后,不要容忍问题。
容忍 问题的结果和找不到问题一样。不管你出于什么 原因容忍问题,如你认为问题无法解决、你不怎 么在乎问题是否解决、你无法付出足够的精力解 决问题,只要你没有战胜问题的意志,你就处于 毫无希望的境地。你必须养成一种对任何性质的 恶习都绝不容忍的习惯,无论其是重是轻。
2.3 Diagnose problems to get at their root causes.
诊断问题,找到问题的根源
a.Focus on the “what is” before deciding “what to do about it.”
先把问题是什么弄明白,再决定怎么做。
b. Distinguish proximate causes from root causes. Proximate causes are typically the actions (or lack of actions) that lead to problems, so they are described with verbs (I missed the train because I didn’t check the train schedule). Root causes run much deeper and they are typically described with adjectives (I didn’t check the train schedule because I am forgetful). You can only truly solve your problems by removing their root causes, and to do that, you must distinguish the symptoms from the disease.
区分直接原因和根本原因。直接原因通常 是导致问题的行动(或不行动),所以通常用动 词描述(我因为没有查列车时刻表而错过了火 车)。根本原因是更深层的原因,通常用形容词 描述(我因为健忘而没有查列车时刻表)。只有 消除根本原因才能真正解决问题,为此你必须区 分症状和疾病本身。