{"id":3368,"date":"2021-06-07T07:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T01:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:45:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:15:06","slug":"brain-games-thinking-about-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/06\/07\/brain-games-thinking-about-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"125: Brain Games: Thinking about Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><u>Puzzle Solving leads to Creative Thinking<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><em>\u201cCreative thinking is much more than &#8211; thinking outside of the box &#8211; It\u2019s about getting rid of the box altogether.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Puzzles are fun challenges that improve one\u2019s thinking skills by making one <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">think creatively<\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Puzzles get one thinking and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>learning in new ways<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Puzzles are a great way to build<em>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>confidence<\/em><em>,\u00a0<em>flexibility,<\/em>\u00a0open-mindedness, and <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>strengthen persistence<\/em><\/span>. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff;\">Puzzles strengthen one&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ability to make links, see patterns, and piece things together.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">Puzzles <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inspire a curious, playful attitude<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><strong><u>Puzzle Solving helps in Real Life Problem Solving<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">\u201cSolve Puzzles and you\u2019ll have a different outlook on real-world problems, because you\u2019ll have a range of powerful ways to solve them\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Puzzles train one&#8217;s brain to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tackle the real-life problems<\/em><\/span> that crop up every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;\">Puzzles, as in life, make one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>learn more from one\u2019s mistakes<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Puzzles train oneself to take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a strategic, energetic, and\u00a0<\/em><em>resilient<\/em><em>\u00a0approach<\/em><\/span> to solving problems in life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Puzzles help one to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>strategise<\/em> <\/span>by making one adopt different thinking strategies for solving them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Puzzles make one learn <em>to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stay focused<\/span><\/em> on the issue at hand.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003300;\">Puzzles force one to challenge the idea that there\u2019s only one way of doing things, and they train you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to\u00a0explore a range of options.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">it is never too late &#8211; Start solving puzzles<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">NOW<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">For regular updates please register here &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/\">https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Puzzle Solving leads to Creative Thinking &nbsp; \u201cCreative thinking is much more than &#8211; thinking outside of the box &#8211; It\u2019s about getting rid of the box altogether.\u201d &nbsp; Puzzles are fun challenges that improve one\u2019s thinking skills by making one think creatively. &nbsp; Puzzles get one thinking and learning in new ways. &nbsp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/06\/07\/brain-games-thinking-about-thinking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;125: Brain Games: Thinking about Thinking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,15,61,1],"tags":[133,62,58,59,44,50],"class_list":["post-3368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-leadership","category-puzzles","category-uncategorized","tag-brain","tag-puzzles","tag-quotes","tag-thoughts","tag-values","tag-working-environment"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3368"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8599,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions\/8599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}