If you are facing a tough new challange, do not assume that a lack of experience will make it impossible. A professor of medicine at a large university was fanatically interested in space medicine. He was flattered when he was invited to attend a meeting on the pressing problems of space. Confident that he would be able to make a helpful contribution, he waited impatiently while the meeting was called to order. As you know, the universitys enrollment has doubled.
People tend to work at problem solving in two different ways.
As a husband was preparing to leave for work one morning, he was loading his pockets with keys, pencils, pens, a checkbook, and the other items he needed in his job. But then he stopped, as if something was wrong. With a bewildered look on his face, he was patting his pockets. But my pockets are not bulging in all the right places. Routines and rituals are helpful tools.