A problem is any question, matter, or opportunity involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty. A strategy is a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result. To solve is the act of engaging with a difficulty and pursuing a specific result.

There are four problem-solving strategies: absolve, resolve, solve, and dissolve.

• ABSOLVE (no thanx) is ​to ignore the problem or opportunity; to assume it will solve itself or go away. Ignoring it is not negative; doing nothing may be the best solution. Intentional inaction.
• RESOLVE (good enuf) is ​the use of our previous experience or common sense; when we’re looking for a good enough solution, not perfect. Resolution is when a solid B is more than sufficient rather than a perfect A+.
• SOLVE (good as b4) is ​to completely solve or have the solution. Where perfect is or was defined. When we’re looking for how it was before the problem or opportunity. Solving is restoring and/or achieving the accepted standard; a solution is A+.
• DISSOLVE (better than b4) is ​to reframe the problem in a way that is no longer a problem; it is a dissolution or redesign that eliminates the problem. Requires perceiving the problem at a different magnitude of scale.