AJ Jacobs: Treat Your Problems Like Puzzles, Not Battles

AJ Jacobs spent a year inside the world of puzzles - crosswords, corn mazes, the unsolved Kryptos code at CIA headquarters, and the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship, where he competed as Team USA. He makes the case that a puzzle is a better frame than a battle for almost everything hard: disagreements, parenting, career decisions, changing your own mind. The conversation covers holding beliefs in pencil instead of pen, why frustration is a sign of progress, and the mantra he now uses instead of getting angry.

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