The answer that changes everything is..
I don't know.
It's the I don't know which leads to believing that you don't have all the answers, that you can't solve all the problems alone, that you might not know what to do. This answer lets you realize that you can ask for help and you have more to learn (or unlearn).
This is the answer that lets you start asking the more important questions like:
Who can help us solve this problem? How can we collaborate with them?
Where can we go to better think through this problem? What should we be reading, seeing, or attending?
What do we need in order to solve this problem? What skills or resources can we use?
Remember you don't need all the answers you just need the guts to say I don't know in order to create a space to generate real solutions.
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