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If at first you don't succeed, give up immediately

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A problem-solving technique that involves cycling between multiple projects when hitting obstacles, allowing the subconscious mind to work on problems in the background.

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Tom Sachs

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Tom Sachs recommends ✓ High confidence
"Work the problem until you get stuck. Give up immediately and move on to another problem, another project. Work that problem until you hit a wall. Move on to the third project. Work that project and problem until you hit that wall. Then circle back to the first one."
From: Giving Up Actually Works | Tom Sachs X Rich Roll Podcast • Mar 2026

Attribution: Tom Sachs is explaining and advocating for this technique as an effective problem-solving method, describing how it works and its benefits in detail.