We're on day two of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint, and today we're talking about problem

solving. So we think that this is an important skill to prioritize because problems are normal. They are

every day and for everyone. And sometimes these problems are small things, like there's something

you meant to do today and it's going a different way than you may be expected.

And sometimes they're big. They're like, oh my gosh, this is not what we wanted and we don't know how we're going to get through this situation.

But what we want you to do is sort of develop this skill so you don't stall.

Like not so normal, but we don't want you to get stuck in those sort of problems that we might face at work

and that's why this skill is such an important one for us to focus on and helen and i were reflecting

that we have both worked with people who i think their starting point is that problems are actually

almost not problems problems are something that are interesting they They're intriguing. They're an opportunity to do

something different. And that might sound hard at times because they're also frustrating and annoying.

But I think if you can see problem solving as, oh, there's a lot I can learn from this. Oh,

I'd not anticipated this. So maybe I'm going to get to work with some different people.

I'm going to challenge myself in a new way.

Sort of our starting point of how do we see solving problems?

Is that a good thing?

Like, oh, we're going to learn.

We're going to stretch ourselves.

Or is it something where we're like, oh, not another problem?

I think it's just worth kind of knowing the narrative that runs through your head when a problem comes your way. And inevitably, if you've had a lot of problems, I do think there's a tipping point where you're

like, that's enough problems for one week now. But generally, I think now often when a problem

comes our way in the company that we run, I will often think, oh, okay, I try to start with that,

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