How to find solution

Everyday we are searching for solution to small or big problems. So, in this article I want to share my experience with you, how to find a good solution for any task of life

Don’t try to break wall using your head
Sometimes we find us in situation, when we are trying to solve problem using one approach after another. We try many different methods, eventually we start to use methods, which we’ve already tried for that problem. The worst thing is that we even didn’t notice being stuck in circle of wrong methods. Often we spend much time in this circle. For cases like this I suggest two solutions: have leaflet with information where to search new methods for finding the key to the problem, and don’t forget to take breaks.

Have “questions leaflet”
It’s very primitive, but effective method. Write questions on paper, which may help to find new ways of solving the problem. You can write places where to look inspiration or names of friends which may help. Here goes my own “questions leaflet”:

  • Have I already tried using “Google”?
  • Do I know any methods, which I haven’t used yet?
  • Who from my friends could know the answer or to put me in the right direction?
  • Take a 30 minutes break.

Keep the pamphlet in a well visible place, for example, on the monitor edge. It will force your eyes to see leaflet enough often and not to fall in a circle of using wrong techniques .

Let the brain to rest
Tony Buzan in famous book „Use your memory” wrote that a human needs to take break every 10-50 minutes. Interval size depends on human characteristics. But most of us are used to 45 minutes period, which is used in schools, and 45 minutes is what I offer. A break should last from 2 to 10 minutes. Use the break to let your brain to have mental rest. For that matter perfectly fits walk, small exercise or making a cup of tea.

This kind of routine enables you:

  • To keep good comprehension and memorization for a long period of time;
  • To understand new information easier and quicker, because the older one is already arranged in your head, and your brain is ready to memorize and comprehend new knowledge;
  • To have a better long term memorization, because brain uses breaks to sort information, and it allows to keep various details longer in your head.

To conclude, making pauses allows to keep high creativity, to reduce fatigue and helps to work with new information and tasks.
The next advantage is that while taking break, brain gives us many fine ideas about recently made tasks or seen information. I call it “nose lifting from screen” syndrome :)

Let your brain work instead of you
Sometimes no matter what we do, we just can’t see the right solution. We think again and again, but the light doesn’t go up in our head. When the decision isn’t speedy, you can use very simple method: just leave the problem. Formulate the problem in your head and forget it. Now it’s just a question of time, when you’ll get the perfect idea about the key to the problem.

Most effectively this method works, when just before going to bed you search for solution, but after failure you go to bed. Mostly, just after wake up I know the answer to the problem.

If you have never used or heard about this method, don’t dispose it. It’s widely used approach for finding right answers. Your brain can more when you think.

August 25, 2009 · Povilas Panavas · No Comments
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