RULE TO BREAK
“Think through your problems”
How do you cope when you have a knotty problem to deal with? Most of us spin it around in our minds, looking at it from this side and that, considering all the possibilities, ramifications, alternatives, approaches and outcomes. It seems logical enough to keep thinking it through until you finally arrive – must surely arrive – at the best solution.
Except that sometimes you find the more you worry at the knot, the more tangled it gets. The problem becomes more complex under the microscope of your mind, and the solution gets further away from you. You end up more confused and frustrated, and the problem can start to obsess you. Should you take the job? Do you want to start a family? Is university for ...
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