How to get unstuck bit by bit (and why speeding it up doesn't usually work)

Usually when we're stuck, we want to get out of the mess in a big hurry. As a result, we end up digging a bigger hole for ourselves.

How do you—that's you and I—systematically get unstuck?

There's no precise formula, but there are stages of getting unstuck.

And we have to do it slowly. Let's find out how.