From the course: Developing a Problem-Solving Mindset
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Looking at the problem
From the course: Developing a Problem-Solving Mindset
Looking at the problem
Problem solving is like playing chess because you want to think of any problem as a multistep experience, right? So in the game of chess, players are encouraged to not just think about the move at hand, about how they're going to advance their position at hand, but they're encouraged to think about how they're going to advance their position two, three, four, five moves down the line. Right. And maybe even further. So problem solving is the same way. So you really want to think about solving problems like playing chess in that you want to have a multi-pronged approach. You want to implement a strategy along the way, and you really want to think about how you're able to anticipate challenges that may come down the road. What happens when things go wrong? Because we know that things will go wrong. What happens when you're trying to solve a problem and you hit a wall and then you back up and you hit another wall and there's challenges that are going to come along the way. So you want to…
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