I think you forgot to mention an important prerequisite. It was reasonable to assume the prereq but still worth mentioning I think. You should be looking for the W, for the clear win. It’s easy to just fart around and forget you were trying to make something happen. And in real life there are often bigger and clearer wins available than is immediately apparent. Often this takes much time and energy and creativity to see. Often the more important/urgent problem can be easier to solve. People tend to love tricky things and puzzles. It can be hard to learn to love easy victory. Pop the soccer-ball! Stab your opponent in the back while they sleep on Christmas night! Replace your sails with diesel motors! Solve your integral numerically! Use steel instead of wood! — This lesson of course well known here but it’s hard to have a consuming conversation or intriguing post about it. I often forget this.
I love this post.
I think you forgot to mention an important prerequisite. It was reasonable to assume the prereq but still worth mentioning I think. You should be looking for the W, for the clear win. It’s easy to just fart around and forget you were trying to make something happen. And in real life there are often bigger and clearer wins available than is immediately apparent. Often this takes much time and energy and creativity to see. Often the more important/urgent problem can be easier to solve. People tend to love tricky things and puzzles. It can be hard to learn to love easy victory. Pop the soccer-ball! Stab your opponent in the back while they sleep on Christmas night! Replace your sails with diesel motors! Solve your integral numerically! Use steel instead of wood! — This lesson of course well known here but it’s hard to have a consuming conversation or intriguing post about it. I often forget this.
Sometimes, you might as well solve the Rubix Cube by peeling the stickers off and sticking them back on.
TvTropes calls this Cutting the Knot, after the story of Alexander and the Gordian Knot.