Stick With "Stuck Tasks" to Avoid Even More Frustration!

July 2nd, 2008         Email This Post Email This Post       Print This Post Print This Post

(This is another reason to immerse yourself into tasks.)

If you don’t stick with the task until you finish, then you will end up wasting lots of time.
I vividly recall trying to complete a list of things for some software I was writing. Since I had so little time, if I got stuck on one, I moved on to the next. What soon happened was that I had spent some time on each - but got stuck on them all! I spent lots of time, but didn’t finish ANYTHING.

When you get stuck, don’t put it away and move on to the next thing. You won’t want to start on it again because you don’t know what to do next. You will lose your grip on the problem and it will take you lots of time to just get back to where you were - for you to get stuck again! Talk about frustrating!

Instead, just stick it out a little. You only need to think for a few moments - maybe a few minutes. Pause. Take a deep breath. What is the real problem? What can you do to work around it? It doesn’t need to be a perfect solution. As you implement a partial solution, you may realize the rest of the solution. The longer you spend on it, the better you will understand the problem. Knowing the problem is half the solution. You can also try looking around online - someone else probably has had the same issue.

When you do find a solution, take a moment to appreciate it!

If after 5-10 minutes, you can’t get it, then resolve to come back to it as soon as possible. The more it bothers you, the more your subconscious will work at trying to figure out answers. Expect possible solutions to pop into your head, and they will!

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