How To Solve The Real Problem
If you treat every symptom as if it’s a separate issue, you can’t 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 don’t, you stay stuck.
Let’s break it down.
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1. Find The Problem, Not The Noise
Most “problems” are not problems.
Can’t focus? Not the problem.
Overwhelmed? Not the problem.
Tired, broke, stressed, confused? Still not the problem.
These are only echoes. You can’t solve echoes.
Look for the source.
If you’re spinning in twelve directions, you’re avoiding one truth you don’t 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.
What’s left is usually a single blockage: fear, money, skill, time, clarity.
You are not complex. You are hiding.
If it’s not the root, it’s something that doesn’t 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 won’t solve anything.
But once you have your “what” then your “how” is clear.
Once you have your “what” 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.
“Given my real constraint, what is the logical, first move towards change?”
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 → one clear move → momentum.
Make it angry.
Make it sloppy.
Make it ugly.
But make it.
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That’s it.
Strip the mess.
Find the spine.
Turn it into one question.
Move.