Inner Life ™
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Detailed overview of the interactive processes
Problem-Solving
Inner Life provides basic and comprehensive Problem-Solving processes, which lead you through the stages of problem solving, without your having to know them in advance. By selecting a Problem-Solving process, you cover: Goals and Objectives, Problem Definition, Analysis and Problem-Solving Methods, Recognition of Solutions, Intuition, Motivation, and Completion.
Analysis and Problem Solving includes these PRELIMINARY
PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODS:
• take a quick look at the
problem
• examine
assumptions/beliefs
• review expectations and
patterns
• diagram the problem
• work backwards
• uncover excuses
• probability, and the
role of chance
• make room for what you
want
• time/task analysis
• consult reference
materials
• consult an expert or
teacher
• survey and interview
• let someone else do it
for you
• let go of the problem
• meditate
It also includes these INTERMEDIATE PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODS:
• enter everything you
know in the situation
• find the main factors in
the situation
• locate rules that govern
the situation
• enter your highest
thoughts
• orient your mind to the
best solution
• visualize a solution
• learn from the situation
• get past any limiting
thoughts
• be creative, play
• negotiate, make
agreements
• communicate, express
yourself
• do the path of least
resistance
• do a process of
elimination
• recreate the situation
• bring love into the
situation
• other (your choice)
And, these ADVANCED METHODS FOR DIFFICULT PROBLEMS:
• allow ambiguity, and
work with it
• reverse your thinking
style
• change levels of
perception/orientation
• consider the opposite
• let your paradigm shift
• expand your context
• transform and translate
the problem
• change your approach to
problem boundaries
• develop a non-crisis
method of handling problems
• deal with unavoidable
problems
• simplify
• trial and error
• develop a strategy
Obviously, you have many, many options available to you in Problem Solving. When you use the program, you only need to choose ones that seem appropriate for your situation. But it's nice to know that the rest are there, to be used at another time, perhaps. When you do choose one of these methods, the concept is explained and then you can choose to proceed with that process, or choose another. The program is very responsive to your individual choices, to work with you.
Let's say you are doing a creative problem-solving
process, and you get stuck. Inner Life will let you work on
the following Problem-Solving Blocks, as part of your
problem-solving process, to help you understand them and clear
them away:
• tension, anxiety, or
hurt
• anger, resentment, or
fear
• worry, guilt, or sadness
• mental muddle
• ineffective effort
• avoiding the problem
• missing the mark
• not recognizing your
results
• impatience
• lack of cooperation
• lack of realism
• insufficient information
• being stuck
• obstacles
• frustration
• procrastination
• lack of
concentration
And, you can further consider the following criteria for
improving upon your results, in the Reevaluation process. You
can learn to make your results more:
• fulfilling
• progressive
• uplifting
• useful
• expanded
• easy
• immediate
• practical
• appropriate
• simple
• efficient
• economical
• cooperative
• creative
• aesthetic
• successful
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