Explain your problem out loud to a rubber duck, doll, or imagined listener. Speaking forces you to externalize your thoughts, and hidden insights surface. You're often smarter than you think.
Rubber ducks solve problems. There is a phenomenon technique in the world of software development called rubber ducking. And that is where you talk out your problem to a rubber duck or a doll or some sort of inanimate object, something that's in the room, which you're imagining can actually hear you. And the analogy is using the rubber duck in the bath, like Ernie from Sesame Street. So actually being in a calming context can help a lot as well. This is where exercise helps. This is where, you know, something relaxing like a shower or bath can help as well. But then you talk through your problem. And when you talk it through, you're going to be surprised how the smartest person in the room turned out to be you. And you have insights because you almost already knew the correct answer. Talking it out allows you to be the beneficiary of your own wisdom and advice. And it's all coming from that rubber duck. So I would encourage you, when you're facing problems, talk it out, make use of the rubber duck. It's going to be the best advisor you have.
