Mr. Musk and his designers, though, took only a day to analyze the problem and implement a makeshift but perfectly workable solution.

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So rather than blindly following the mantra, analyze the root cause of the problem at hand.

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Through a Web interface, the worker can retrieve data from a database, automatically load the data into a spreadsheet and pivot through the data to analyze it by part and type of problem.

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Instead, carefully look at the problem and take the time to analyze all possible solutions.

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Analyzing an idea is an important pre-step, but one of the biggest stumbling blocks people face is the temptation to over-analyze in an attempt to solve for every potential problem they might face, even if it only has a .03 percent likelihood of ever happening.

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But the problem is at some point someone is going to analyze your proposals and make the obvious judgment that it cannot happen.

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One of these was Wattminder, whose PVwizard product promises to use cloud computing to analyze data coming from solar panels to tell you when you when you have a problem with the panel and what might be the issue.

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But while ruble volatility might or might not be a problem, I will very freely admit that I lack the economic chops to analyze the impact of exchange rate liberalization on the Russian economy, it seems almost impossible to argue that the ruble is excessively strong.

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We carefully analyze the company and if our analysis indicates that the stock price has more than fully discounted the problem, we hold our nose and may purchase the stock.

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