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Puzzle Solving as a Key to Success in the Workplace
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Rangsk, a Wordle and Sudoku educational YouTuber.
Join us as we chat about how solving puzzles every day can help you sharpen your critical thinking skills.
You should subscribe for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Rangsk.
The role of puzzles in critical thinking developmentI'm addicted to word games. They give me a chance to practice my problem solving skills and, hopefully, get better. That's why I was so excited for this week's guest, Rangsk, because he makes some of the best educational content out there on how to get better at solving puzzles.
For Rangsk, puzzles are a way to develop your critical thinking skills. They give you an opportunity to think about how you think. "Overthinking has a negative connotation," he says, "all I'm doing is thinking, and there's nothing wrong with thinking when you're solving a puzzle."
Practicing your problem solving skills in a low-stakes environment like a puzzle gives you the experience to fall back on in high-pressure situations.
The process over the resultA key part of using puzzles to develop critical thinking skills is taking the time to reflect on your thought process. When you solve a problem, don't just move on to the next one. Instead, Rangsk encourages you to do a postmortem so you can learn something about how you think.
Look through each step of a solve and analyze your decision-making. Where did you get stuck or tricked and why? What could you have done differently? And where did you make good choices that got you closer to the solution? If you take the time to internalize what worked and what didn't work you'll improve your critical thinking skills over time.
How to know when to ask for helpWhen I'm solving puzzles, one thing I always struggle with is when to hit that hint button. Rangsk's advice is to make an honest assessment of your mindset. Are you well and truly stuck? Or have you hit a snag but are still enjoying the process of working through it?
In puzzles and the workplace, we might not be able to solve every problem we encounter on our own. Maybe there's some trick that we don't know about or some key piece of information we don't have. Puzzles help you teach your brain how to learn, and that's something Salesforce Admins need to do every day.
Listen to the full episode for more from Rangsk on his approach to teaching and some other word puzzles you might like if you're already hooked on Wordle. And don't forget to subscribe to hear more from the Salesforce Admins Podcast.
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