There’s the problem and there’s the solution

The problem is a tension which necessitates a release. The problem entails solution. Direct or indirect. Sometimes you eradicate the problem and sometimes you accept it. But a certain attitude must be arrived at

Problem evokes motivation which results in pursuit of the solution.

This motivation can come in many different flavors.

Flavors which differ in effectiveness, and differ in costs.

 

The more problems one solved and the more varied problems and the harder problems — the better problem-solver they become

Problem-solving thus becomes professional. The motivation is merely pragmatism. The execution is smooth and flowing.

The motivation is NOT frustration, the motivation is not desire, the motivation is not proving anything, the motivation is not redemption… All of those are marks of an amateur.

Amateur who barely solved some problems within this lifetime. Not enough to become a PRO. Not enough to become a cool, professional problem solver.

 

Now,

the world is vast and life is vast and there is multitude of problems to be solved

You are not a pro. There are few pros.

Most man barely solve a few problems and then they die.

Most create more problems than they started with

 

You are not a pro — therefore you wouldn’t know what it’s like to be a pro

I told you a pro is calm and he’s solving problems patiently, conscientiously, effectively and efficiently.

Maybe you are a pro in your own domain. Maybe there is a group of problems which you are trained at solving. Then you do have some idea of what it’s like to be a pro.

GENERALIZE it to ALL problems,

 

Generalize it to all problems:

A professional is in control.

A professional is calm, composed.

A professional is effective, surgical, efficient.

A professional is focused

What professional is not:

He’s not struggling, striving, exerting

He’s not attracting attention, he’s not appearing anything

He’s not loud, not hand-vawing, not bullshitting,

He’s not emotional, not angry, not determined, not craving, not rushing, not strenuous, not stressed

 

Observe yourself and how you go about solving problems, all problems, ever

There are different flavors of motivation and it’s not uncommon to be motivated by frustration, by stress, by external and internal pressure, by compulsive desire, by negativity and revenge, by ego…

It’s not uncommon, and I dare say it is the modus operandi to which — when faced with particularly overwhelming problems — we tend to default,

Become aware of this tendency,

And remind yourself what it means to be a fucking pro,

Then be a pro,

And target such problems which are suited to your ability

If a problem causes you to default to lower level protocols — then perhaps you are not ready for it

If it’s too easy then it’s also not optimal. A problem is a problem for a reason. If it was easy then it wouldn’t really be a problem, would it?

 

Pick the right problem and solve it like a pro

Then pick another problem, different problem, and harder problem

And solve it like a pro