๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: Grandpa Jacques is planning a trip from Lyon to Vienna. He’s not a fan of complicated apps, but his mind works like a Swiss watch. How does he do it?
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป): Jacques doesn’t look at the route as a whole. He breaks it down into stages: getting to the station, changing trains in Munich, checking into the hotel.
๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ): When he looks at the train map, he ignores the colors of forests or rivers. He focuses on only one thing: the transfer time. The rest is noise.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Jacques knows that trains on this route are often 5 minutes late, so he always plans to have a coffee at the station between connections. He uses his experience to predict the future.
๐๐น๐ด๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ (๐๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐): He has a piece of paper in his pocket: โ1. Buy a ticket, 2. Validate it, 3. Find the platform, 4. Check the car number.โ This is his own code for a successful vacation.
What Jacques does is called Computational Thinking by computer scientists. It is nothing more than the ability to solve problems effectively by organizing them logically.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ 
The world is becoming digital, but the rules of logic have remained the same for centuries. Mastering these โstepsโ not only allows you to use a tablet better, but above all to keep your mind sharp and your confidence intact in any situation โ whether at the bank or at a train station in a foreign city.
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