Working With Problems
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Working With Problems
Working with problems
Situations have no solution, they’re not problems, they’re simply the way it is.
Problems are distinguished by the fact that they have solutions. But that doesn’t mean that the solution is obvious, easy or convenient.
If the problem is important enough, we should pick the best available solution, not turn it into a situation.
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Situations have no solution, they’re not problems, they’re simply the way it is.
Problems are distinguished by the fact that they have solutions. But that doesn’t mean that the solution is obvious, easy or convenient.
If the problem is important enough, we should pick the best available solution, not turn it into a situation.
JANU... See more
Working with problems
The thing that’s vexing you: is it a situation or a problem?
Problems have solutions. If we care enough, we can find a way to solve a problem, but it might cost more money, require more effort or involve more risk than we’d prefer. If we’re ready to ease some of the constraints, that problem might go away.
Situations don’t have solutions. That’s why... See more
Problems have solutions. If we care enough, we can find a way to solve a problem, but it might cost more money, require more effort or involve more risk than we’d prefer. If we’re ready to ease some of the constraints, that problem might go away.
Situations don’t have solutions. That’s why... See more
Inverting the vex
It is suggested that people do not actually have problems, but rather thoughts about problems, and that problems only exist in thought, while in reality, there are only situations that require practical responses, and the problem is always the story one tells themselves about the situation 05:57