How to solve any problem?

Let's be quick. It's a very simple idea. It involves asking yourself some key questions and thinking through on appropriate answers to those questions. So, if you are faced with any problem, you can ask yourself these questions:

Question 1: What could I do? Think about what you could do to solve the problem. Permit yourself the opportunity to think and stretch yourself. The idea is to ponder on the resources within your ability and environment you can creatively utilize to solve the problem. If for any reason, you can't find a solution within yourself then ask the second question:

Question 2: What could I read? Think about the materials you could get your hands on. Jensen Huang used to say that whenever he's confronted with a challenging problem, he'd find a material to learn from first principles what it might take to solve the problem. And that's my advice, there's often a material to read, a course to take, a lecture, conference, or breakfast meeting to attend, a TED Talk to watch in order to get ideas. If this doesn't work - which I would think if that's even possible - but if it doesn't work, then try the next question:

Question 3: Who could I ask? There's always someone within your circle of friends, colleagues, family, or whatever, that you could ask. Now, here's Jim Rohn's advice: "Do not ask first!" And here's why I think that's important, not to ask first, people seem to like helping those who, first of all, try to help themselves. This is too common to not assume it to be close to the truth.

And that was it. See you in the next one.