We cannot continue to educate our children for a world that no longer exists. A glance at any employment website shows a list of job titles unheard of 20 years ago. All of them require some form of lateral thinking as the focus has shifted from mechanical processes to creative solutions. We need to train our brains to break free of habitual, conditioned thought patterns. The puzzles in this book will gradually guide the listener to start seeing information as something to be processed rather than memorized. As we learn to evaluate the facts given critically, we can work out how to fit them together in unexpected ways to achieve different outcomes. We can also improve our ability to communicate our ideas while considering other points of view.

Paul D. Pantera is an entrepreneur and US Navy sailor senior enlisted leader who has trained hundreds of junior sailors over his 16+ year career. His goal is to provide parents, educators, and young adults with the tools to bridge the gap between their children’s education and the skills they require in the real world. One of the biggest challenges is problem-solving abilities. He has put together a practical approach to create a basic system to develop a different way of thinking. The Pantheria Life Tools are games, journals, and books with the simple goal of building productive citizens.