{"id":3357,"date":"2025-06-26T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:31:18","slug":"puddles-and-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3357","title":{"rendered":"PUDDLES AND LEAKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u201cAre you dealing with a leak or a puddle?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are facing a problem<strong> <\/strong>in your life &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(<em>And who among us isn\u2019t?<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; You might find the following distinction from author James Clear<strong> <\/strong>useful.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He says there are 2 basic types of problems:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><p>\u2018A <strong>\u201cMuddy Puddle\u201d<\/strong> problem, if left unbothered, becomes clearer over time and resolves itself. The best approach might be to take a walk, pray about it, and get it out of your head for a while.<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n<li><p>A <strong>\u201cLeaky Ceiling\u201d<\/strong> problem, on the other hand, if left unattended, worsens and brings disaster. The best approach is to stop procrastinating on take the first step toward resolving it. <\/p><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important to know which kind of problem you\u2019ve got on your plate!<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to read Clear\u2019s explanation for yourself, you can find it <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchplanations.com\/muddy-puddles-leaky-ceilings\" style=\"color: #0061fe\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE accompanied by a \u201csketchplanation\u201d <\/strong><\/a>by artist Jono Hey. The little visual helps to make Clear\u2019s point stick.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAre you dealing with a leak or a puddle?\u201d If you are facing a problem in your life &#8211; (And who among us isn\u2019t?) &#8211; You might find the following distinction from author James Clear useful. He says there are 2 basic types of problems: It\u2019s important to know which kind of problem you\u2019ve got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3358,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions\/3358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}