From the course: Developing a Problem-Solving Mindset
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Build your strategy
From the course: Developing a Problem-Solving Mindset
Build your strategy
Not having a strategy when trying to problem solve, it's kind of like going in the ocean without knowing how to swim. I don't know how to swim. Right. So if I decide to go into the ocean, there's a chance that I'll be all right. Right. But without a strategy, without knowing technique, without knowing the environment, without knowing all of the ways in which I can protect and support myself, I'm not really giving myself the best chance to make it and thrive in that ocean. When trying to build a strategy to problem solve, I think it's important to start from where you are to first, you know, remind yourself of everything you are and the person that you are in this moment, right? And everything that went into creating who you are. And I think that that's really helpful because if you think back over the history of your life, you're able to identify multiple places where there were problems that you overcame. And that already starts this snowball of confidence that you're going to need…