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I would add that a second difficulty insolving tough problems is being able to create solutions.

• dmvaldman 15y ago
  There's definitely that too. But to get at the creative solution, you usually have to wade through tons of wrong options. The key is persistence.
  • gcheong 15y ago
    I think part of the fear for me is that if the solution in my head doesn't work I won't be able to come up with another one, but in reality even if the initial solution is not correct it usually leads to ideas of how to change it or how to re-think the problem from a different angle.
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