Priya thought he was mocking her. But she tried. On day three, she listed 17 wrong ways to solve a heat exchanger problem—one involved monkeys and fans. On day five, while writing a particularly absurd wrong method, she saw the right path.
Priya said, “I know 500 ways to fail at thermodynamics. And I remember every single one.” priya iit delhi
He then gave her a strange assignment: “For one week, don’t solve any problem. Just write down every wrong approach you can think of. The more creative the failure, the better.” Priya thought he was mocking her