How To Solve The Real Problem
If you treat every symptom as if itâs a separate issue, you canât solve the real problem.
Every pile of chaos has a spine;
One main problem.
One thing that once you solve, the mess collapses.
But if you donât, you stay stuck.
Letâs break it down.
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1. Find The Problem, Not The Noise
Most âproblemsâ are not problems.
Canât focus? Not the problem.
Overwhelmed? Not the problem.
Tired, broke, stressed, confused? Still not the problem.
These are only echoes. You canât solve echoes.
Look for the source.
If youâre spinning in twelve directions, youâre avoiding one truth you donât want to face.
Be honest with yourself.
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2. Cut Everything Else
Strip away the emotional fluff. The side quests. The stories you tell yourself.
Whatâs left is usually a single blockage: fear, money, skill, time, clarity.
You are not complex. You are hiding.
If itâs not the root, itâs something that doesnât matter right now.
Period.
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3. Name The Hard Constraint
Every real problem has a governing constraint holding the whole thing in place.
Money. Time. Skill. Energy. Courage. Avoidance.
Too broke to move.
Too scared to speak.
Too weak to execute.
Too undisciplined to finish.
Too lost to choose.
That constraint is the real villain.
Naming it wonât solve anything.
But once you have your âwhatâ then your âhowâ is clear.
Once you have your âwhatâ the 80% of the fog dissolves.
The rest is work.
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4. Turn The Constraint Into One Decisive Question
A good question destroys confusion and forces movement.
âGiven my real constraint, what is the logical, first move towards change?â
Not a dream.
Not a plan.
A move.
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5. Make A Decision. Move.
The point is insight, then action.
You probably know that the map is not the territory. No theory is same with its action.
But, once you make a decision and take the action, you move.
One clear question â one clear move â momentum.
Make it angry.
Make it sloppy.
Make it ugly.
But make it.
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Thatâs it.
Strip the mess.
Find the spine.
Turn it into one question.
Move.