The document discusses different approaches to problem solving. It suggests not studying the problem directly, but instead watching for the next step and taking action. Some reasons include avoiding overthinking, stress, and procrastination. It recommends getting rid of emotions through meditation and having a clear plan with defined questions like what, when, where, and how. The document provides examples of frameworks like OODA and mind maps to help structure problem solving and thinking in a rational way.

1. Never study the problem…
Instead, watch closely for another step to come and do it.

2. Why to study the problem?
• It is making you more relax
• You can think, about what you just read
• Depends on the context. (CTX dependence)
• Problem of “too smart” people
• Taking time to understand
• Perfectionism
• Study ≠ problem solving

3. Why not study the problem?
• You are solving the problem
• Usually, if you are not acting, after you did some research, you
procrastinate
• “Looks cool” – that what most “not smart” people do and feel ok
• Anxiety + stress – if you cannot figure it out
• Sometimes unexpected behavior

4. Two opposite sides
• We do study all the time
• We do nothing
• We don’t get anything, expect we
are smart
• Too smart
• We do make something all the time
• We don’t think enough
• Sometimes (all the time) we get
something unexpected and
completely not desired
• Too emotional

5. What_can_we_do_about_it_() => { ? }

6. Solutions, that I
come up with:
• OODA method
• Discipline
• Stop overthinking
• Self control, set up limit
• Learn until we have the next step
• Meditation 🧘♂️
• 🐌 Think slow, do fast ⚡️
• Have a plan, CLEAR plan
• Eliminate emotions from your thinking (Mind maps)

7. OODA Method (loop) • Observe
• Orient
• Decide
• Act
• Comets:
More thinking, then doing, that’s
OK
Think slow, do fast
If you know the next step, you
already can act
Try to ask What? How can I
achieve that, instead why

8. Stop overthinking methods
• Being to much rational, never too much help
• Concentrate method:
• Not 5 but 6 feelings => brain thought is one more
• Just concentrate yourself on feeling, smell, taste, see or hear a quite a
bit of time

9. Meditation
• And self awareness
• I have experience with self - awareness meditation
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GSeWdjyr1c
This is kind of way to accept yourself, that you will find in
most popular emotion's books, but it goes deeper

10. Have a plan, CLEAR plan
“Shortly”
• General questions, that you need to
answer to plan:
What?
When? Where? How long? How?
Which emotional state should I be in?
• Plan classification: short term (one
day), long term ( 12 weeks e.g.)
• Better to have a bad plan, than don’t
have one

11. Elon Musk “physician” thinking (no)
• MIND MAPS!
• Broke problem in a rational way
• If you know next step, you can already do something!
• Asking yourself, tons of question
• Good learning
• My mind maps:

12. My mind maps

13. Limits
• Just setup a limit
• You are lost and want to eat ALL COOKIES,
Don’t ask yourself why, just setup a limit
You will eat only one
Just for e.g. how to use

14. Summary
• Never study the problem, just find the next step and do it
• Get rid of the emotions, then continue (by using meditation
for example)
• There are tons of ways to do something. If you want to
breakthrough, just find the answer on the internet or do it
yourself => DIY + google it!

15. Thanks for
watching this
presentation
• The presentation was made by Spolysov Aleskei
• It is complete copyright free, so you can do whatever
you want with that (Hope for a credit, though )
• Pictures were primary taken by myself, or Pixel bay
and Unsplash licenses
• Ref and useful links:
My FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/Aleksei-
Spolysov/100026131003932/
My YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisgiuqmqdc1fBZL
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Meditation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GSeWdjyr1c
Mind maps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nTuScU70As