Start from Finish

Last week, I had the chance to spend time with a 9-yr old boy name Jayden. He likes puzzle, so I gave him a maze riddle on how to guide a prince find his princess.

I was amazed at how Jayden solved the puzzle!

Normally, we would start at the prince (start). But Jayden is unique, he started from the princess! From the finish line. And he traced her way back to her prince!

Although this is not the "right" way to solve the puzzle, but nonetheless, he was being creative and look at things from different spectrum. For him, to finish the riddle easier, he started from the end.

That was an eye opener moment for me. How many we adults struggle with our problems, because we just stuck at some point, and forget to see the finish line? Maybe we should change our approach and start solving our problem from the "finish" line! Who knows it makes the resolution easier to find?

I guess this is what Stephen Covey said in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with "Begin with the End in Mind."

Way to go, Jayden!