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1y ago
Day 17: Ask yourself this to help you imagine your Dream Solution, clarify your Vision and uncover hidden Problems
Fabian @ederbit

This is the Most Impactful Queston I discovered this week.

I stumbled across it twice. Both times through Top-level creators.
Once when reading Building a Second Brain (BASB) Tiago Forte,
and during a Weekly Review Workshop by Khe from RadReads.co.

Ask yourself this, if you

  • can't pinpoint the problem at hand but have a gist of it

  • know the end goal, but don't know the way

  • want to visualise the best solution to a problem

Q: "What Would ... Look Like If It Was Easy?"

It's really quite simple. But very effective.

Try answering a current problem you have using this Question

Let's consider the example of Capturing Ideas when BASB.
Example: "What would capturing ideas look like if it was easy?"

This helped me clarify my requirements, such as

  • Capturing Ideas on the go with my mobile phone

  • Capturing TODOs during a work session without distracting me

  • Capturing Thoughts on personal/professional devices without access to internet

What problem do you wanna tackle using this question?

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