External problem (cf. Internal problem)

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An external problem is any problem that is "out in the world" and does not necessarily include the problems of internal conflicts between Now and Next or between Oneself and Others. 

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For example, consider a wife who is upset with her husband because he forgot their anniversary. This scenario includes an internal problem: she's blaming her husband and also blaming herself for blaming her husband. She likely is having both Now-Next conflicts as well as Oneself-Others conflicts. But she's also interested in having a conversation with her husband so that she can feel more cherished and adored by him; how to have this conversation is an external problem.

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All internal problems can be resolved using the FFI toolkit, the NNI toolkit, and the OOI toolkit.

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