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Replace "What should I do?" with "What could I do?" The word should narrows your options and implies obligation. Could opens up possibilities and helps you think more creatively when you're stuck.
Replace "What should I do?" with "What could I do?" The word should narrows your options and implies obligation. Could opens up possibilities and helps you think more creatively when you're stuck.
Here's a way to come up with more and better solutions to your toughest problems. Replace should with could. A lot of times when we face a really tough challenge, we ask ourselves this question: What should I do? What should I do? And that's okay. But in many cases, a better question to ask yourself is, what could I do? Should is a narrowing word. It reduces our options. Could is a widening word. It expands our options. And so the next time you're stuck, give this a try. Stop saying, what should I do? And ask yourself, what could I do?
