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Age. Without question, age has improved my problem solving abilities. I no longer expect to come up with an instant solution; instead I get to know the problem
by pengo 7y ago
Age. Without question, age has improved my problem solving abilities. I no longer expect to come up with an instant solution; instead I get to know the problem as best I can, then go and do something else. My subconscious will eventually deliver the optimal solution.
Interestingly, "eventually" usually means in the shower the next morning. From that I assume that I'm more receptive to flashes of inspiration while I'm relatively relaxed in the shower, and also that the real work of finding a solution happens while I'm asleep.
- TheLastSamurai 7y agoCouldn't agree more to this. Even having a small tea break or watching a youtube video for distraction helps a lot. I think its something about perspectives, we cannot focus fully on a given task and also look at it from a wider perspective or different angles at the same time, so taking a break and coming back gets focus on these angles which were earlier ignored. Kind of like "boxed thinking" which self help articles always talk about.