We start as babies, crying when we're hungry to relieve physical discomfort. Ideally, our striving evolves into a quest for joy. To fill our leisure hours, we create problems and try to solve them. Defining the Problem Child-development experts warn parents against solving their children's problems. Coddled kids turn into adults who are unable not only to earn a living but to tell time and tie their shoes.
Most techniques emphasize defining the problem.
If you were a paramecium, you wouldn't care, so in that sense your problem is that you are not a one-celled organism. Finding a Workable Solution True or not, none of those definitions will lead to a productive response. Try our three steps toward a workable solution to your problem. Find the goal in the problem. Problems are basically inside-out goals.