Since only Ram and I were in attendance, we thought we could talk about Problem Solving again.

We had a great discussion and stayed on course with the help of the Mindmap I created last week. We really enjoyed all the great (funny) stories that Mr. Maxwell referred to in this chapter. ClearContext came up again as we were talking about step 2 of the Problem-Solving process, “Prioritize”. Mr. Maxwell insists that one should face one and only 1 problem at a time to make sure it gets your complete attention. I strongly believe that with the awesome filing and organizing features available in ClearContext, the dream of focus is achievable (at least in Outlook for now). Ram is going to give it a shot.

We ended the conversation on a philosophical note as we tried to dissect and understand the “Socrates method” of problem-solving/analysis/conversation. I plain admit that I don’t understand it completely, although it sounds exotic. I will definitely research further into it and if you are passionate about Socratic communication, please join us next time so we can have a healthy debate.

Here’s the MindMap for chapter 5, Problem Solving. Enjoy!