When You Can’t Find A Solution

When you can’t find a solution, stop.  Step back.  Let your mind relax–whether for five minutes an hour, a day, or longer.  Trying to force your mind to find a solution can be dangerous, both for your health and for deriving optional solutions to challenges.

Usually, if you are really stuck, you are not framing the question correctly.  A pause helps.

I do this often when stuck writing a document or on bigger issues like which path to take in life.

Allow a situation to breathe, and a solution will often emerge.