School rewards the kid who solves the math problem fastest. Life rewards the one who asks, Why are we solving this problem in the first place?
Most of education is built around problem-solving. Memorize formulas, apply techniques, get the right answer. But the real world doesn’t hand you neatly packaged problems. It’s messy. The hardest part isn’t solving—it’s knowing what’s actually worth solving.
Problem-finding is its own skill. It’s the difference between chasing pointless goals and working on something that matters. It’s the difference between busywork and impact. And it starts with a simple habit: asking why—over and over, until you get to something real.
Most people stop at the first answer. But the first answer is usually the obvious, surface-level one. The more you dig, the more you realize how many things we take for granted. The rules we follow without questioning. The inefficiencies we tolerate. The assumptions we’ve never challenged.
The best solutions come from the best questions. And the best questions come from refusing to accept things just because that’s how they’ve always been.
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