MINDSET Struggling to move on: How to get my brain into problem solving mode

[andrewraenewton]

I recently finished reading and rereading MJ's trilogy. As I was absorbing his content, I found that my reticular activators were really lighting up, constantly leading me to identify problems to solve. I pursued several ideas and, after conducting a thorough total addressable market (TAM) analysis, I concluded that one of my business ideas didn’t have a sufficient market to warrant full-time pursuit. Additionally, I discovered that another idea I had was already being tackled by a competing company. After consulting with patent lawyers and reviewing existing patents, it became clear that pursuing this idea would open me up to potential litigation, especially since the competitor has a history of litigating frequently over similar products.

That's the background.

Here's my struggle: once my brain settled on these two ideas, I haven’t been able to move past them. Weeks and months have gone by without finding a new problem to solve, and I default to thinking about how to make these two products work, even though they are not good business prospects with a large potential market.

Currently, I’m going through a fitness journey and have considered diving into the YouTube/Instagram influencer space. However, as MJ points out in his books, does the world really need another fitness influencer and coach?

I’m curious to hear from others: how do you keep your brain in problem-solving mode? How have you learned to move past ideas that just aren’t worth pursuing? I fully accept that these ideas are not viable, but my brain refuses to let them go. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

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I recently finished reading and rereading MJ's trilogy. As I was absorbing his content, I found that my reticular activators were really lighting up, constantly leading me to identify problems to solve. I pursued several ideas and, after conducting a thorough total addressable market (TAM) analysis, I concluded that one of my business ideas didn’t have a sufficient market to warrant full-time pursuit. Additionally, I discovered that another idea I had was already being tackled by a competing company. After consulting with patent lawyers and reviewing existing patents, it became clear that pursuing this idea would open me up to potential litigation, especially since the competitor has a history of litigating frequently over similar products.

That's the background.

Here's my struggle: once my brain settled on these two ideas, I haven’t been able to move past them. Weeks and months have gone by without finding a new problem to solve, and I default to thinking about how to make these two products work, even though they are not good business prospects with a large potential market.

Currently, I’m going through a fitness journey and have considered diving into the YouTube/Instagram influencer space. However, as MJ points out in his books, does the world really need another fitness influencer and coach?

I’m curious to hear from others: how do you keep your brain in problem-solving mode? How have you learned to move past ideas that just aren’t worth pursuing? I fully accept that these ideas are not viable, but my brain refuses to let them go. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I struggle with ADHD, so often I chew on a lot of things in my head. Only reliable way that helps me is writing, then doing something analog immediately after. I often feel stuck on something, like my brain is telling me something, but I can't access it. Only way I've found to access it is to write everything else out of my head. As an example, today I fully realized that the project I started 6 months ago, and released 2 months ago will have to be relegated to side hustle. I simply don't know yet how to make it a full time income, so I have to generate some living money before I run out.

That was bothering me for 2 weeks and couldn't figure it out. Once I finally figured out the right question, and wrote it out everything became simpler. It feels like taking a good quality shit. After I did that, I walked my dog, and now I have basis of my next plan. Before, these kinds of things would bother me for months, now it gets to max 2 weeks. Rinse, repeat. I do wish there was some F*cking button I could press to help me with this, but it is what it is

 

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