Once you see the problem the right way, the solution will present itself. Instead of trying to "solve" the problem, work on trying to see the problem from diffe

Once you see the problem the right way, the solution will present itself. Instead of trying to "solve" the problem, work on trying to see the problem from different perspectives. Like in chess -- "see the whole board." Feynman said, "You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present in your mind, although by and large they will lay in a dormant state. Every time you hear or read a new trick or a new result, test it against each of your twelve problems to see whether it helps. Every once in a while there will be a hit, and people will say, “How did he do it? He must be a genius!" This was one of his "tricks" for finding associations among things others had yet to see. The more associations you can find, the better you will see the problem and draw from different domains of knowledge. This helped him see things in way where solutions presented themselves.