Problem: Article: Interact positively with your cat every day. For example, take some time to hold it. Some cats will purr if you scratch them around the neck. You can even sleep with your cat to give you more time together. Do not punish it because a stressed cat will not purr. Instead of punishing your cat, encourage it through positive reinforcement. For example, praise it consistently when it does things correctly. Try to provide an environment that lets it perform natural cat behaviors, like hunting, climbing, and hiding. Give your cat perches and opportunities to climb. And give it toys that look or act like prey so it can practice hunting. Cats also need to use their claws, so provide it with a scratching post. Hide treats or catnip for it to find. Get a laser light, some yarn, or feathers on a string and let your cat pounce on these. Keep the items moving so they simulate prey. Roll items to your cat and it will roll them back to you. You can even try playing fetch.  Give your cat items to investigate, like balls of aluminum foil or paper towel and toilet paper rolls that it can also bat around. Crinkle up some wrapping paper for it to play with.
Summary: Spend time with your cat. Don’t yell at your cat. Stimulate your cat. Play with your cat.

Problem: Article: Identify the 2 tallest seedlings from each grouping to keep. Snip the other seedlings down to the surface of the soil. Do not yank the other seedlings out, since doing so will disturb the soil and may cause damage to the seedlings you're leaving in the ground. Use garden shears or scissors to snip the extra seedlings off at the soil. Examine the plants in each group, and look for the tallest one. It should also have the most leaves and look the healthiest. Snip the other one down to the soil. Now you should have 1 plant growing in each grouping you've made in the pot. In some cases, that may mean you have just a single plant, if you used a small container. If the surface of the soil seems dry, it's time for re-watering. Give mature plants enough water so that a little extra drains out from the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot. Never allow the soil to dry out, since dry soil will inhibit growth and lead to a bitter crop.  To check the soil, stick your finger in it. If it's dry, it's time to water. Lift the pot up to see how heavy it is. The heavier the pot, the more saturated the soil is with water. Check the pot throughout the day to get a feeling for how heavy or light the pot gets when you water. Adding mulch around your plant will help it retain more water. If your area is especially dry or hot, you may need to water twice a day. Drench the soil first before adding the fertilizer. Adding the fertilizer when the plants are dry may create problems. Use a water-soluble fertilizer, and apply as much as the label directs you to use. Fertilizers vary widely by brand and type, so always read the label. Pick a 5-10-5 or 14-14-14 fertilizer. Aphids, pickle worms, mites, and cucumber beetles will all target your cucumber plant. You can make your own organic pesticide with neem oil:  To make a spray with neem oil, mix 1 to 1.5 cups (240 to 350 mL) of water with a few drops of dishwashing soap and about 10-20 drops of neem oil.  With pests like cucumber beetles, you can simply pick them off by hand using gloves covered in petroleum jelly. Drop them into a bucket of water with a few drops of dishwashing liquid. You can also use a bug vacuum designed for the purpose of sucking insects off plants. Mildew and bacterial wilt are especially common. Many anti-fungal products will rid your plants of mildew, but bacterial diseases are more difficult to get rid of. In fact, if your plants develop bacterial wilt, which can be carried by cucumber beetles, the plants will likely die. Fungal infections are often characterized by a white, powdery substance on the leaves.  Bacterial wilt starts with the leaves turning dull, wilting in the day, and recovering at night. Eventually, the leaves will turn yellow and die. To make an anti-mildew spray, try mixing 1 tablespoon (14 grams) of baking soda into 1 gallon (3.8 L) of water. Add a dash of dishwashing liquid, and shake it up. Spray it on the plant once a week if you notice a white, powdery mildew on the leaves. Bigger cucumbers are more bitter, so harvest cucumbers when they're young. Snip the stem about 1/2-inch (1.27 centimeters) above the cucumber. If the cucumber has reached the yellowing stage, it's probably too mature to eat. Most cucumbers are ready to harvest 55 to 70 days after planting.
Summary: Thin your cucumbers out once the seedlings sprout 2 sets of true leaves. Thin to 1 plant per hole once the plants reach 8 to 10 inches (20 to 25 cm). Water your cucumbers daily. Add a balanced fertilizer once a week. Eliminate garden pests with neem oil or other organic pesticides. Use an anti-mildew spray on fungal diseases. Harvest your cucumbers about 55 days after planting.

Problem: Article: Soak the bore, or inside of the barrel, using a cleaning rod, patch holder and the right size cotton patches for your gun. Work from the back of the bore if you can. If not, use a muzzle guard. The muzzle guard keeps the cleaning rod from banging against the muzzle, which can cause your gun to malfunction. To thoroughly clean the barrel out, push a solvent-soaked patch through the bore until it exits the other end. Remove the patch, don't pull it back through. Pulling it back through will just redeposit all the gunk you clean off. Remove the patch holder and attach the bore brush. Run the bore brush back and forth along the full length of the bore 3 or 4 times to loosen any debris. Next, reattach the patch holder and run solvent-soaked cotton patches through the bore. Remove them when they exit the front. Repeat this process until a patch comes out clean. Run one more dry patch through to dry it out and inspect it closely for any build-up you may have missed. Attach the cotton mop to the cleaning rod. Apply a few drops of gun conditioner or lubricant to the cotton mop and run it through the bore to leave a light coating of gun oil on the inside. Apply solvent to the gun brush and brush all parts of the action. Wipe them dry with a clean cloth. Next, lubricate the moving parts of the action lightly. A light coating helps prevent rust. A heavy coating gets gummy and attracts debris, so only use a small amount. This is a flannel cloth that comes pre-treated with a silicon lubricant. It will remove any remaining debris, including acid from fingerprints, and add shine. If you don't have a particular cloth designated for cleaning guns, old t-shirts and pairs of socks work really well for the purpose. Use something you've got lying around and won't need to reuse.
Summary: Clean out the barrel with cleaning rod and patches. Alternate the bore brush and patches to thoroughly scrub the barrel. Lubricate the barrel. Clean and lubricate the action with solvent. Wipe down the rest of your gun with a luster cloth.

Problem: Article: At work this may be all the members of management or a department. For personal goals, this may be your partner, parents or friends. Give them a period time to think about the issues. If someone is a human resources representative, they should strategize how best to ask for a raise. If someone else is a financial planning expert, they can strategize how the raise could improve your quality of life and motivation. Write any potentially useful ideas.
Summary:
Invite others to join your strategic planning session that have a stake in the outcome. Explain the goal to your team. Specialize. Brainstorm some ideas about how to address the issue.