How To Solve It by George Pólya has some good ideas for mathematical problem solving you can apply to all kinds of problems.
As you get more experience solving problems (or failing to solve them, then seeing how someone else succeeds) you have more examples to draw from.
I find that describing the problem (writing it down), then trying to break it up into simpler problems, helps me figure things out. When I get stuck I have friends I can talk to and maybe get some ideas from.
As you get more experience solving problems (or failing to solve them, then seeing how someone else succeeds) you have more examples to draw from.
I find that describing the problem (writing it down), then trying to break it up into simpler problems, helps me figure things out. When I get stuck I have friends I can talk to and maybe get some ideas from.