There are 6 approaches (that I can think of, anyway - tell me if I missed any) to approaching the problems one encounters in life:
- Anticipate and avoid them.
- Fix the problems.
- Pay others to solve them.
- Adapt to the new situations so they stops being problematic.
- Run away.
- Ignore or accept them.
Different kinds of problems lend themselves to different approaches. They may also be applied in cascading fashion.