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Hi there. You're listening to The Lazy Genius podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi. This podcast is not about

hacking the system to find more time or hacking your energy to get more done.

Hessling to be the best or to make the most out of every opportunity, it is exhausting and unsustainable.

So here we do things differently.

On this show, we value contentment, compassion, and living in our season.

We favor small steps over big systems.

Here we are lazy geniuses, being a genius about the things

that matter and lazy about the things that don't. And I'm so glad you're here. Today is episode

452. 12 ways to be a better problem solver, part one. This was not going to be a two-parter,

but then I realized how much richness there is

in becoming a better problem solver, especially a lazy genius problem solver. In many ways,

these next two weeks are the ethos of everything that we do here. Problems are everywhere.

Shoes never get put away. You're always out of spoons. Your breaks are squeaking, but you don't know

if it's, like, bad enough to matter. You miss your friend who lives four states away and you feel

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