This process<\/strong> has worked for me for over 40 years. <\/p>\n 1. Clarify what the problem actually is. <\/em> <\/em> <\/em> <\/p>\n It has always worked for me.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ————————–<\/p>\n These are related:<\/strong><\/p>\n # 1<\/strong> Ferris Wheel<\/a> – 3<\/strong> Cumulative Knowledge<\/a> – 17<\/strong> Impossible Decisions<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 33<\/strong> Solving a 5<\/a> – 37<\/strong> Or Its Equivalent<\/a> – 45<\/strong> Problems<\/a> – 52<\/strong> Correct Decisions<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 74<\/strong> Dictating Your Miracle<\/a> – 130<\/strong> Collecting Solutions<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This process has worked for me for over 40 years. (I thought everyone solved their problems this way!) 1. Clarify what the problem actually is. 2. Think of a few possible solutions mentally. (Ideally, write them down) 3. Think of the ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ for each solution. (No need to write them down) 4. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brainstorming","7":"category-problem-solving","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(I thought everyone solved their problems this way!)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n2. Think of a few possible solutions mentally.
\n (Ideally, write them down)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n3. Think of the ‘pros’ and<\/strong> ‘cons’ for each solution.
\n(No need to write them down)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n4. Now, forget it and do something else!
\n(This is<\/strong> part of the solution!)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n5. A day \/week later think about that problem again.
\nOne of the solutions is now obvious!<\/p>\n