“Successful problem solvers are more able to determine the deep structure of a problem before they proceed to match a strategy to it.”
— David Epstein, Range, p. 119
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Insight
Specialists pattern-match to known solutions. Generalists draw analogies across domains, finding non-obvious answers.
Try this
In your next stuck-problem, deliberately ask: "What field does this remind me of?" Browse for the analogy 30 minutes.
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