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Can’t solve a problem? Then quit.

Now, before you jump all over me and call me a quitter, I'm not saying that you should just give up on the problem. I'm saying that you need to take a break.

Go for a walk, or go make some coffee, or watch a movie--anything that separates you from the problem at hand.

I read a book called "The Memory Cure" that talked about modern medicine's understanding of the brain and how it works. It turns out that just because you stop thinking about a problem with your conscious mind doesn't mean that your subconscious won't continue to work on the problem in the background.

Have you ever tried really hard to remember something, and it was "right on the tip of your tongue", but it just wouldn't come to you? And then, an hour later (or even the next day), when you had completely forgotten about what was puzzling you--BAM!--it jumps into the front of your mind?

We call that an "epiphany", right? The solution didn't just "come to you", not really. What really happened was that your subconscious mind kept working on the problem even when you stopped consciously worrying about it. But as long as your conscious mind is focused on the problem, your subconscious figures it's not needed and stays out of the picture.

That's not always good, since your subconscious has access to vast stores of your memory that you don't conscious pull from. Your dreams often show all kinds of images of things you've long forgotten--that's because your subconscious has access to all of that, while your conscious mind does not.

So if you can just let go of your problem consciously for a while, your subconscious will start to do its job and will quite likely solve the problem for you.

My $7 Secrets method came to me while I was in the shower. A method for fixing a security hole in the $7 Secrets scripts came to me while I was feeding my dogs. Both were actions completely unrelated to the problem at hand.

Your brain is a wondrous thing. To compare it to a computer is an insult to your brain. No computer comes even remotely close to the abilities that your brain has. So the next time you have a problem, let your brain do its job! Go focus on something else for a while. When you come back to the problem you will likely have better insight into how to solve it.