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An important problem

William Liao
Feb 1, 2025

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Anytime you encounter a frustrating problem, you might find value from reframing it as an “important” problem.

It’s not necessarily important because the specifics of the problem have any merit — in fact, the problem might be by all accounts a totally absurd one that no reasonable person should have to expect to deal with.

And yet the problem can nevertheless remain “important” in the sense that the act of working through it will make you more resilient in some meaningful way that will serve you well in other areas of life.

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William Liao
William Liao

Written by William Liao

Taiwanese American, daily blogger of ideas about impactful work in service of others, photographer (ephemera.photography)

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