The Invisible Rules Holding You Back (And How to Erase Them)

I’ve been thinking about constraints lately. Not the real ones — the ones we don’t even realize we’ve created for ourselves. It started when I came across an old puzzle. You might have seen it before. Nine dots arranged in a square — three rows of three. The challenge is simple: connect all nine dots using only four straight lines, without lifting your pen. Most people can’t do it. They try every…