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It’s Time to Stop Anxiously Attacking Your Problems

A therapist explains how to stay calm and thoughtful about challenges.

One weird trick to help you think through a problem

Today’s tiny dose of wisdom

To Get Unstuck, Think With Your Hands

Researchers have found that our thoughts and choices can be transformed by physical interaction with objects

It’s Better To Solve a Problem Than Achieve a Goal

Making a big change means asking why you want to make it

A Thought Experiment to Help You See Your Next Step

Ask yourself the ‘Miracle Questions’

“There are no rules. Run the dishwasher twice.”

On Forge, Kate Scott offers a priceless piece of advice to carry into the new year: Sometimes, the solution to whatever’s stressing you out…

“Problem-solving isn’t a result of hope. It’s what calms us down and instills hope in us.”

When times get tough, we look for hope. We hope that our hope will power us through the abyss. But a hopeful approach might not be the…

Do this to make big problems feel more manageable

Today’s tiny dose of wisdom.

How to Solve an Impossible Problem

Tap into your hidden brain network that’s designed to solve the unsolvable

To Find a Better Solution, Ask a Better Question

Stuck on a hard problem? The director of MIT’s Leadership Center says you might just need to reframe it.

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