Great post, and good follow on commentary as well. I wholeheartedly agree with the author. Using this technique (forcing myself to walk away from directly solvi

Great post, and good follow on commentary as well. I wholeheartedly agree with the author. Using this technique (forcing myself to walk away from directly solving a problem) got me through my college calculus course. Now that I have kids (3 of them), i know that a battle with a tricky bug or business problem is nothing compared to a battle of wits with a two year old.