MENTAL EXERCISE 465. Think Outside the Cube 1 Learn to solve a Rubik’s cube. Solve it periodically while on conference calls, encourage people to come by your desk and mess it up, or teach others how to solve it. You can also explain how a Rubik’s cube is a great metaphor for life: • It’s no fun if you just sit there not doing anything. • Sometimes when you get one part of your life straightened out, it messes up another part. • It takes planning, patience, and a little bit of luck to figure everything out. • Inevitably, once you do have it all figured out, someone comes along and messes it all up. 1 To do it, there are a series of algorithms to follow and once you learn them, you can solve a cube no matter how “messed up” it is: htww.co/rubiks. 235