Short instructional YouTube monologue (by Scott Empringham) that presents five quick problem-solving questions to reframe and accelerate progress on small problems: (1) What’s great/funny about this I didn’t notice? (2) What’s not perfect yet? (3) What am I willing to do to make it how I want? (4) What am I willing to no longer do to make it how I want? (5) How can I enjoy the process while doing what’s necessary? Includes a brief anecdote (making phone calls from a Jacuzzi) and a call-to-action to try the questions.
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Cool way to solve problems quickly and effectively with problem solving questions. And there's five of them. So next time you've got a problem, maybe not a major, major, major problem, start with something kind of small. But try these five questions and watch what happens to your problem. You'll blow through these things. The first question is what's great about this that I didn't notice? Or what's funny about this that I didn't notice that, number one question can actually start to change your state and how you view the question or you view the problem. Two, what's not perfect yet? Feeling like it can be perfect, it should be perfect, and it will be perfect. You start to identify what's not perfect yet. You start getting, you know, little bits of progress of the goal. Third, what am I willing to do to make it the way I want it? What am I willing to do to make it the way I want? You start getting creative on problem solving techniques. And then four, what am I willing to no longer do to make it the way I want it? What am I willing to no longer do to make it the way I want it? And then finally five, how can I enjoy the process while I do what's necessary to make it the way I want it? One time I had a bunch of phone calls I needed to make it. I decided to go outside, sit in the Jacuzzi and make a bunch of phone calls. Was in the Jacuzzi. I'll tell you what, I had a lot more fun making those phone calls, got them all done and even found new people to call. So try those five problem solving questions. Let me know how they work out.