Solving Puzzles

I didn’t realise it until I sat down and reflected on my most recent and arguably greatest ever (!) accomplishment that I am always solving puzzles in my professional life. We all are in some way on a daily basis.

Growing up in the eighties with two older brothers there was always a Rubiks Cube knocking about the house and I spent many an hour getting frustrated and never solving more than two faces of this simple but perplexing puzzle. I think at one point I teased all the stickers off, stuck them back in order and proudly presented my work to my oldest brother who clearly was not convinced.

Fast forward a “few” years… I saw a rubik’s cube on tv one Sunday morning a few weeks ago and realised I had unfinished business with this multi-coloured plastic cube of annoyance. I hate not seeing a challenge through and usually I persist until a solution is found, but it doesn’t usually take me 35+ years!

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