Life lessons from Sudoku puzzles. Note: if you don’t do Sudoku puzzles or don’t
know anything about Sudoku puzzles, none of this will make sense. Don’t bother to read it. Just go take a nap or count flowers on the
wallpaper. But if you know Sudoku, keep
reading. This is for you. Look at your problem from every possible
angle before you make a decision. If a
solution isn’t clearly seen, work on a different problem. Your time is better spent working on the
second problem than obsessing over the first problem. And the solution of the second problem may
lead to the solution of the first problem.
When problems get really hard, set them aside and come back to them
later. Fresh eyes may lead to a fresh
solution. Never give up. Every problem has a solution, no matter how
elusive it may be. Always check your
work. If you make a mistake early on but
you keep going, every move that you make after the mistake will only lead to compounded
mistakes. Catch mistakes early to save
wasted time. Go back to where you made
the original mistake and start over. Don’t be too proud to look in the back of the
book to find your errors. And when you
complete a puzzle, don’t get too smug … there are always more puzzles, and each
one is harder than the one that you just finished! Now, make your own application.
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