Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.
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Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.
Sometimes big problems are best solved with lots of small and creative solutions.
Small issues are really just large ones that haven't been accorded the requisite attention.
Always try the problem that matters most to you.
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.
The best types of problems are those that seem harder at first than when you think about it.
As long as you blame someone or something else - something outside you that's bigger than you are - as the source of your problems, the problems won't get solved.
The advice I tell students is to think about the big problems. I mean, work on anything you can work on where you can make progress. But always keep in mind the big problems.
The idea of solving as huge and long-term a problem as inequality - which, for my money, is the biggest single problem we have here at home - just never gets serious concern from both sides.
Be larger than your task.
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