The Hurdle Theory

 I was about 14 years old when the idea of the "Hurdle Theory" came into my mind, initially it wasn't concrete and sort of amorphous but in due time it solidified its roots. The basic frame came to me when we had our Speaking and Listening assessments that day and the idea of the exam was to call students in pairs and have them speak on random topics that were assigned to them a day ago, and later on, the teacher would ask questions to both the students about each other's topics, my partner had the topic, "Problem Solving" and she gave a holistic approach of involving the deep study of the problem and knowing how to start and end it certainly helps, but when I was asked about what I thought, I gave an impromptu answer that only just made the landing but later on when I thought about it, it became a great help in times when nothing worked.

So the Hurdle Theory, is basically treating a problem in front of you like a hurdle race, where the hurdles are small broken down pieces of the bigger problem that you are facing, and you just have to overcome each small hurdle with a correct mindset and ensure every leap gives you direction and it is not a race with time or other people who are solving the problem, but how effective and efficient each jump you take is because these hurdles wouldn't make you fall, but crossing them will only make subsequent hurdles easier to leap through. 

I don't always use this theory, but in times where you have no idea where to start or what to do next, it certainly helps you pave way that makes it a bit easier.