One of my first jobs out of college I was stuck on a bug for several days and I was very obviously in panic mode with a deadline looming. An older engineer agre

One of my first jobs out of college I was stuck on a bug for several days and I was very obviously in panic mode with a deadline looming. An older engineer agreed to help me if I met him at his office at 7am. Up bright and early he greeted me at his office door and immidiately asked me to demo the bug. After seeing that I had a grasp of the issue he didn't try to troubleshoot. He just smiled and said, "You'll figure it out. Just ask yourself what is one thing you could do right now to get closer to solving the problem. That's what I always do and something always comes to me." With that he stood up to indicate the conversation was over and escorted me out of his office. I'm 35 now and it hasn't failed me yet.