
(Ep 119) - The Overkill Approach: How to solve the hardest problems you face
Scott H Young Podcast
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The Over Kill Approach, How to Solve the Hardest Problems You Face
Many pursuits exhibit a certain minimum imput to get things going. This is often because putting in a certain amount of effort reaches the seriousness threshold require to have you think about it, andnot for it to create changes in your other behavior. You can't really know where your most efficient effort will be in advance, until you actually start trying to solve your problems or working about your goals at different levels of seriousness and intensity. The overkill strategy involves ramping up more and more serious effort until you're able to solve the problem. An alternative which i recommend is Start at a point that you believe is certainly above the optimal point on the curve, dial down some results and then put an intense
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