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Unnecessary Focus

Don't try to fix things that are not broken, if you are not ready for them to get worse.

Sometimes, we see the oportunity to improve something that seems easy and not very time-consuming. It can happen for some reason, when trying to improve it, that things get worse and more time is required in order to get it back to the previous state.

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Unnecessary Stress

You can solve the problem: You can do it, no reason to be stressed.

You can't solve the problem: Nothing you can do, so don't get stressed.

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Unnecessary Action

Sometimes, problems get solved by themselves.

When no immediate and critical action is required, time can show that the problem was not in need of an action from our side to be solved.

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Solving problems needs more than knowledge and experience. Needs a clear and calm mind.

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