TEAM GROWTHLY GUIDE • 3 MIN READ

WHEN YOU'RE STUCK, CHANGE THE QUESTION

Sometimes the problem isn't that you can't find the answer. You're asking a question that's too big. Instead of 'How do I build this?' try: 'What is the smallest part of this I can test today?'

// CORE TAKEAWAY

“A smaller question is usually easier to act on.”

When you ask 'How do I make this entire application work?', your brain locks up because that question contains four hundred hidden dependencies.

Shift the inquiry to something tactical: 'Can I render one hardcoded string on the screen?' Yes. 'Can I fetch one JSON object and print its keys?' Yes.

Momentum is made of solved micro-questions. If you feel paralysed, the question you're asking is simply too wide. Shrink the question until the next action takes five minutes.

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