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If your problem is something that has to be kept secret, you can do this “hypothetically”
which means you don’t have to tell anyone the real problem if you don’t want to.

Instead, you can make up something that is the same as the real problem, but keeps the

details secret and private.

Koala-thinking

Sleep on it (yawn, goodnight). Things always seem worse when you are tired. A few

hours rest can help and after a good night’s sleep, things may not seem so bad in the
morning. You will probably be able to think more clearly. Also, you might get some ideas

during the night – keep a pen and notepad handy to write down any thoughts that might

help. When you read them in the morning, they may be total rubbish, but there might

also be something helpful. Write down your dreams, too, because sometimes your brain

can be telling you things about your
problems through dreams.

Sleeping on a problem can be a very
useful ‘thinking tool’ for many

reasons: you can avoid rushing into

a decision and making snap

decisions (Crocodile thinking).

Things may look better the next day.

Some of the ideas for this book

came to me in the middle of the night, so I wrote them down and went back to sleep.

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