How to solve the problem

When you encounter some problems, do you ever think that you can solve all the problems? I think not. But in fact, in life and work, we have been trying to solve various problems. The better we do, the easier our life and work will be.

Problems often appear in various forms. They may be very common problems in daily life and work, or they may be bigger and more complicated problems:

What to eat tonight?

What's the shortest way to get to work?

How to keep backward projects up to date?

How to turn a boring job into a career you love?

Every day you will face at least one problem that needs to be solved. But when you take the answer to the question as a choice, things become simple. They have nothing to fear except that they have to make a decision.

No matter what you do, where you live, who your partner is and how many friends you have; People will judge you according to your ability to solve problems. Because the problem is a troublesome thing for everyone involved. Nobody likes trouble. Therefore, the stronger your ability to solve problems, the more problems you can solve, the less trouble you encounter, and the happier people around you will be. Because everyone will benefit from it.

Why are problem-solving skills important?

A problem is something that is difficult to understand, complete or deal with. It can be a task, a situation, or even a person. And solving problems is to find the best methods and skills to deal with them.

The ability to solve problems is very important to everyone, because we have to make some decisions and answer some questions in life every day. Great men like Eleanor Roosevelt, Steve Jobs, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King were excellent problem solvers. Similarly, when you want to be a good parent, teacher, doctor and employee, you must also be good at solving various problems.

Problem-solving skills are also applicable to our daily life.

How to improve the ability to solve problems

You don't need to be smart to deal with all kinds of problems calmly, but you need to practice.

Most people think that you must be smart enough to solve problems that others can't solve, but this is not the case. When you understand the different steps to solve a problem, you can come up with a good solution.

1. Focus on solutions, not problems.

Neuroscientists have proved that if you pay too much attention to the problem itself, your brain can't find a solution. This is because when you focus on the problem, you are actually instilling "negative emotions" into yourself, which in turn will activate the negative emotions in your brain. They will prevent your potential solutions from appearing.

I'm not saying that you should "ignore this problem"-but try to stay calm. First of all, we should be aware of the problem, and then turn our attention to the problem-solving mentality. In this state of mind, you will focus on "the answer to the question" instead of obsessing about "what went wrong" and "whose fault is it".

2. Define the problem clearly with five reasons.

By asking "why" repeatedly, we can explore the root of the problem and find the best way to solve it. (You can go deeper than just asking five times. ) for example:

Problem: Always late for work.

Why am I late for work?

Because I pressed the alarm clock and went back to sleep.

Why do I want to go back to sleep?

I can't get up because I feel very tired in the morning.

Why am I so tired in the morning?

Because I slept late last night.

Why do I sleep late?

Because I had a cup of coffee at dusk, and then I kept brushing my circle of friends /Tik Tok, and then I couldn't stop.

Why should I drink coffee?

Because I was too sleepy to work in the afternoon, I didn't get enough sleep the night before.

So you can see that if you don't try to find out the root of the problem, all you may do is set more alarm clocks and let them ring many times in the morning. But in fact, the problem you need to solve is not to brush Tik Tok endlessly at night, nor to drink coffee near night, so that you will feel more energetic during the day.

Simplify things

As human beings, we tend to see things more complicated than ourselves! So it is necessary for you to simplify your problem by induction.

Remove all the details and return to the basic state. Try to find a simple and clear solution-you may be more surprised at the result than before! As we all know, simple things are often the most effective.

4. List as many solutions as possible.

Try to consider "all possible solutions"-even if some of them seem absurd. It is important to keep an open mind to promote creative thinking, because creative thinking can stimulate potential solutions in your brain.

If you have worked in the advertising industry for a long time, you must know that "no creativity" is a terrible thing, because it helps creative thinking in brainstorming and other problem-solving skills.

Whatever you do-never laugh at yourself for coming up with a "stupid solution", because these crazy ideas often lead to other more feasible solutions.

Lateral thinking

Change the "direction" of your thinking by thinking laterally. Pay attention to this proverb,

You can't dig the same deep hole in different places (that is, you can't make mistakes on the same problem).

Try to change your method and look at things in a new way. You can try to change your goal and find an opposite solution!

Even if it feels silly, a fresh and unique method usually inspires new solutions.

6. Use language that creates possibilities

Use phrases like "if" and "if" to guide your thinking. These terms can broaden our thinking, think creatively and encourage the emergence of solutions.

Avoid using closed negative language, such as "I don't think …" or "This is wrong …".

finally

When you start to take my advice, the problem will not be so terrible.

Don't treat the problem as a "terrible" thing! Think about it. What's the problem? This is actually just feedback on your current situation.

All the questions are telling you that some things are useless at present, and you need to find new substitutes.

So try to deal with the problem with a neutral attitude-don't make any judgments. The focus of the exercise is how to define the problem, keep calm and don't make things too complicated.