“I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with ’em later."

—Mitch Hedberg

I tend to overcomplicate things….so often I find myself doing things I should have asked for help with or often not working on something important because it just feels too big. Either way I’m not accomplishing what I could.

The author and podcaster Tim Ferriss has a great question he uses to unlock his thinking when he faces something like this…”what would this look like if it were easy?” I find this so helpful to expand what options I am considering, who I could or should ask for help, could I outsource or delegate this? For me this helps to bring things down to size so I can actually do something about them.

See how asking this question works for you (or maybe your direct reports)…taking your problems and holding them up to a slightly different lens maybe just what you need for breakthrough.