**A good strategy on all but the most trivial of problems.** When you are stuck with a problem and you’re not sure how to solve it always think “how can I invert the problem?” # Examples - Instead of asking yourself _“how do I do this hard thing?”_, ask yourself _“what would make this thing **not** hard?”_ - See hotdog eating in the [[Reframe the Problem to Find the Solution]] note. - Instead of trying to brute force the front door open, check to make sure there are no back doors that might be easier. - Question the constraints. Certain “thou shalt” may actually be nullified by a designed solution, making the requirement into a variant of [[The XY Problem]]. **** # More ## Source - [[Effortless]] ## Related - [[The XY Problem]] - [[Reframe the Problem to Find the Solution]]