"Do it backwards."-a puzzle solving technique
EDP's seventh entrepreneur dimension is being a High-Achiever.
Dick Fosbury is the inventor of the modern high jump. Before him all participants choose to do high jumps by trying to go head first facing the bar. Since him no one jumps facing the bar.
Dick realized a simple fact. The height that he could achieve by turning at the last moment and pushing off was greater than the height that could be achieved when facing the bar and pushing off the toes.
I am sure that the first time he did this technique in competition people scratched their heads in disbelief. But interestingly by doing it backwards he was able to do better than it had ever been done before.
Long time ago i got addicted to solving metal puzzles. I noticed that when I used to solve these puzzles in order to master the puzzle I had to learn how to put the puzzle back into original state. By going backwards I forced myself to slow down and I could solve the puzzle faster in forward direction. I often gave this advice to new puzzle solvers trying to solve the puzzle.
Today's question is:
"Can you do your most important task backwards?"
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