Yeah this is actually a really useful idea in general.
I learned this when I was put on a team for a modeling competition in college. You had like 72 hours to solve the problem and write the report. It was really stressful but a LOT of fun.
There were a range of topics that you could choose from. Some were really obvious how to apply mathematics to, and some... weren't.
I was the math talent on the team... but my team members talked me out of going for one of the problems that were easy to apply math to. We instead picked the problem where it was LEAST obvious. And... we ended up winning the competition against a field of 10,000+.
I think that lesson applies in business all over the place. There's actually a lot of good comfortable money to be made in unglamorous industries.
I learned this when I was put on a team for a modeling competition in college. You had like 72 hours to solve the problem and write the report. It was really stressful but a LOT of fun.
There were a range of topics that you could choose from. Some were really obvious how to apply mathematics to, and some... weren't.
I was the math talent on the team... but my team members talked me out of going for one of the problems that were easy to apply math to. We instead picked the problem where it was LEAST obvious. And... we ended up winning the competition against a field of 10,000+.
I think that lesson applies in business all over the place. There's actually a lot of good comfortable money to be made in unglamorous industries.