I want to share something that's changed how I solve problems in my business.
And it's not a framework or a template.
It's actually embarrassingly simple.
I go for a walk. I open voice memos. And I ramble.
That's it. That's the method.
When you're overwhelmed, the problem isn't that you don't know the answer. The problem is that everything is stuck in your head, tangled up with emotions, stress, and 50 other things fighting for attention.
You can't think clearly when your brain is full. You need to empty it first.
So I walk, talk, and let it all out. Messy, unstructured, contradictory, whatever comes out. I don't try to be smart or organized. I just get it out of my head until I can’t think of anything more to say.
Then I feed the voice note to AI and ask it to help me extract the problems that I’m facing and rank them by priority.
And what's funny is that usually during my walk, I intuitively know what the answer to my problem is, AI just end up validating it and makes it practical.
Then once I have the list of problems, I pick one, reverse engineer the system I need in order to prevent this problem from happening in the first place, and then I get to work.
This is how my process looks:
The overwhelm becomes a list of problems
The problems get turned into a list of solutions
The solutions becomes a process
The process becomes a system
The system solves the problem (and prevents it from happening again)
Here's why I think this works so well:
Walking moves energy. Sitting at your desk staring at the problem keeps you stuck in the same mental loop.
Talking externalizes. The moment a thought leaves your head, you can interact with it differently.
AI organizes. It mirrors your thinking back to you in a structured way.
So next time you're overwhelmed and don't know where to start, try this:
Close your laptop. Go outside. Hit record. Talk until you've got nothing left to say.
Then feed it to AI, extract the problems, pick one, and build the system that will not only solve it but prevent it from happening in the first place.
That’s a high-leverage walk.
No fluff. Just systems.
Chris "The Systemizer" Punt
