Richard Feynman's Letter on What Problems to Solve

The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to.

I would advise you to take even simpler, or as you say, humbler, problems until you find some you can really solve easily, no matter how trivial. You will get the pleasure of success, and of helping your fellow man, even if it is only to answer a question in the mind of a colleague less able than you. You must not take away from yourself these plea... See more