Have you ever found youself getting stuck in a rut concerning solving of a problem and simply can't find an answer? One of the things I've done is to get myself involved in some type of activity, reading, listening to music, watching a good movie or taking a walk.
One of the secrets I've discovered is to not allow myself to think of the problem but rather just pay attention to what it is I'm doing at the moment.
No matter what type of thing I am involved in, I have found that without thinking about a problem and how to solve it, and letting my mind free from the thoughts about it, actually works toward getting the answer to problems. Have you ever had this happen?
It seems that one of the reasons this type of thing happens is because all of life is interconnected. Even though we don't see connections, they are there. Getting our minds off of the problem is more of the solution than anything else. The problem with problems is that they are narrow in focus and can lure you into its little world. This makes you come into that box that we all are always trying to break out of.
I'm sure all of us have experienced this in some way. For example remember the last time you may have been totally angry with someone or a situation? You get away for a while or count to ten type of thing and calm down. This is a similar situation with problem solving.
Don't let the problem draw you in in such a way that you can't see anything outside of that reality. What have you done when problems have come that you haven't been able to solve?
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Gary, these are good tips and I was especially interested since I have written on the same ruts -- only from the perspective of the human brain's ability to be trained to get us out...
New angles here that allow us to step back and look again at tactics for jumpstarting the mental engines -- thanks.
Posted by: Ellen Weber | May 7, 2006 4:59 PM | Permalink to Comment