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It's the quintessential hard problem solving strategy.

It works on many hard disciplines, and it boils down to two steps:

1- Obsess

2- Let Go

Step two is the hardest one, but it's the most fruitful one and you really have to let go, no cheating.

Once you do, for some reason your mind will use everything from step one in the background to find the solution, in a weird moment, in an effortless manner.

But if you don't let go, it will never happen.




Happened to me today. Always works but can never be controlled :)




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