I will always remember those conversations with my father that we had in the car after he was picking me up from school. In them we always talked about very profound and relevant topics, such as issues that close people had at the time, our problems or even where we saw the correct balance in life. My Dad always treated me as an adult and these conversations were no exception. In fact, he managed to teach me his method to solve problems: Drawing them. At first I laughed, maybe as you just did. However, I could have never imagined how momentous and influential the use of this method could have been for my future. I was proven wrong since that day because I have to admit that I base 90% of my decisions on this method and it has been the key for the biggest accomplishments of my life. In this blog I would like to share this method with all of you for your own benefit, but first I would like to introduce you to several concepts and practices that you should understand fully to be able to implement it. I have always enjoyed analyzing and understanding how the world works through mathematical concepts, these allow predictability and the ability to replicate them over and over. In a world where everyone works harder, wants to be happier, earn more money, have more fun, learn more, add more value, it is impossible to strive and keep achieving without a change in the rate in which tasks get done and the time they get. Being more productive is a well-known goal for personal development, however, the change in a rate is called exponentiality and it is a concept among many others that is already existing but is not being used by us, people that want to keep improving themselves over and over. The search for exponential phenomena in our lives can not only boost our development and growth, but also help us to get rid of exponential risks or consequences. We should want to be exponentially better because this will make a minimal effort result in massive results in every aspect. The technique of drawing a problem is based on plotting graphs or imaginary diagrams through the use of methods from different disciplines of science that allow us to relativise and look at a problem or decision from another angle, an angle that can be as accurate as mathematics but as broad as psychology at the same time. In case that the search for exponentiality has not yet started for you, I have brought you several examples of how this phenomena works, the benefits of understanding it and taking advantage of it, all centered around the most famous topic in the personal development industry: GIVING UP. Giving up is something that has happened to all of us throughout our lives, probably more than once. Even though it is obvious that not continuing will never bring you results, it is sometimes really hard to keep on track, since the difficulty is too high and the effort outweighs the potential outcome. Who has not been in that position? That time when all of your thoughts around a topic were negative and became more and more frequent, that time when the results did not match the effort behind them, that time when you really thought you had to give up. I have definitely been in that position and what I have learned is that the advice of keep believing in whatever you are doing is the most useful since life and projects are not linear, they are exponential. And giving up at one point may result in total regret since the next goal can be much closer, thanks to this phenomenon. To prove this I would like you to think about a time in which you have been successful and other time when you have failed and given up something that you completely controlled. Have the results come linearly, speaking in terms of time? Have the most important milestones come to you in set periods of time? I can assure you, the answer is no. Life and nature are exponential not linear, an example of this is when I go out to run, something that I do not enjoy at all and think about giving up all the time. If you measure the time that passes from the first to the second time that I think about giving up, it is very short and makes it very hard. However, if you measure the time that passes from one to the next, the thought of giving up once I’m more than half an hour in, the time has increased by thousands of times. Imagine that every point in the graph was one time, there is a clear tendency that we are not aware of, that also proves how giving up can be a terrible idea. Something really similar happens with results and effort, no matter how big your efforts are, the results will come exponentially, and I am pretty sure that this has happened to you sometime when lots of results came together while the effort was being constant or even less, for example at the end of the semester. Imagine that you have worked very hard and your results are very far apart from each other, just like the first points. However, if you keep working and don't give up, the results eventually come in shorter periods of time as the last points do, but if you give up and cut the graph before the results come in shorter periods of time, you will never discover the last parts of the graph with in this case (Inverse exponential) are the most interesting for development and growth. In summary, giving up is a very costly decision that we should think twice before taking according to the math behind the patterns results follow, taking the advice of believing in you and trusting the process is very valuable and not something we should not believe. However, there are points in which it is no longer worth continuing and this can turn out to be an exponentially better decision. Remember, if you have a problem or a decision to outweigh: Just DRAW it.
Luis D
10 Comments
Lucas
1/13/2023 01:41:13 pm
Very well written blog Luis! I liked how you made a lot of it about math, as it can give a good visual for your goals. If only the starting part of exponential growth happened quick! I have trouble getting through the long dragged out part that has seemingly no progress. Once again, nice blog!
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Eyad
1/13/2023 01:45:49 pm
Looking at problems through a mathimatical lens is something i'd never thought about and is definitly something I should try, even If im bad at math
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Gurleen
1/13/2023 01:46:29 pm
This was a very interesting read. I have never really thought about drawing my problems but this gave me a new perspective on solving them,
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sunsia
1/13/2023 01:46:52 pm
I appreciated how you showed us a graph image for the examples because i would have been a bit confused without it. The mathematical way to analyze a situation is a new method of reevaluating decisions for me and it was very eye opening.
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Melina Mohagheghi
1/13/2023 01:49:25 pm
Thank you Luis, I really enjoyed this blog. I totally agree on the fact that giving up is not always the solution to problems in life. Sometimes we need to draw the problems and open it up for ourselves in order to find a good solution for them.
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Anooj
1/13/2023 01:50:55 pm
An enjoyable and informative read. I enjoyed learning more about your views on perseverance. I am like that with art, a few months back, I wanted to reach a certain level, but now that I have gotten to a certain point where progress is a lot slower, it’s much harder to be motivated.
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Konstantin
1/13/2023 01:55:17 pm
This is so true! When I have a feeling about something it is a thought in my head, it's impressive to see how you showed this phenomenon in math. And it is very plausible to me. I will try it out next, to draw my problems out. And not to take the easier way of giving up.
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Clare
1/13/2023 02:06:14 pm
You are really one of a kind, I do not know anyone who thinks and bases their decisions in this type of way. I like at the beginning when you were explaining the relationship that you have with your dad and how he has treated you like an adult, which I believe produces the strongest people, it sets you up for life. I really enjoyed how you talked about giving up, because a lot of the people that we're surrounded by have no motivation, and honestly don't have anything to give up to. I don't think my mind is complex enough to think the way you do, but it's really extraordinary.
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Eunseo
1/13/2023 02:08:55 pm
I liked your blog. I'd never thought about drawing problems. From next time, I will draw my problems before I give up.
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Paula
1/13/2023 02:09:24 pm
The blog was very informative. I will try to draw my problems in the future to get better results. When I think back it actually makes sense. I definitely think that that has happened before
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