Sherlock Holmes is one of the timeless illustrations of the attractiveness of a sharp mind. The skills that this character possessed (and which he borrowed from his prototype Joseph Bell, a brilliant doctor and mentor to Conan Doyle), will be useful in any profession, from diagnostics to journalism. T&P put together a rough outline for teaching him the deductive method.

Thinking training

The most spontaneous answer to the question of how to become Sherlock might sound like this: “First, buy yourself a black coat.” To use the terminology of an American psychologist, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, who published the book “Thinking Slowly... Decide Fast” in 2011, is a reaction of the so-called “fast thinking” - a system that is responsible for momentary knowledge of the world and cataloging instinctive sensations. “Fast thinking” reacts to circumstances instantly and very directly, as a result of which it often makes mistakes, forcing us to make irrational decisions.

But in order to think like Sherlock Holmes, you need to use a different system - the “slow” one. It is she, according to Kahneman, who is responsible for the deliberate and conscious formation of thoughts, decisions, conclusions and assessments. Like any function of the human brain, the slow thinking system can be strengthened and developed.

As in sports, training should begin with light exercises in small quantities, gradually moving to more complex and longer ones. To begin with, you can borrow several school textbooks from friends in different subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry and other disciplines that involve solving problems. This will help not only to train the slow thinking system (after all, it is this system that is used in the process of intellectual activity), but also to broaden one’s horizons, restoring knowledge lost since schooling and identifying interesting scientific areas for study.

Corrosiveness is another quality that a future master of deduction requires. To cultivate it in yourself, you need to find areas that truly arouse curiosity. What exactly they will be, by and large, does not matter: an emotional response always pushes a person to deeply study a subject, forces him to constantly increase the amount of knowledge, and with it the extent of the border of contact with the unknown, the existence of which invariably prompts the mind to new searches.

Deduction and induction

When the mind is prepared and saturated with various useful information, you can move on to exercises for the development of logical thinking: deductive and inductive. After all, Conan Doyle’s character used both methods, which, alas, is shown in the BBC series “Sherlock” somewhat weaker than in the books of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Deduction is a method in which the particular is logically deduced from the general: “All metals conduct current. Gold is a metal. This means gold conducts current.” Induction, on the contrary, brings the general out of the particular: “I am a Muscovite and I remember that snow fell every winter. This means that in Moscow it is always winter snowing" Sherlock Holmes, examining a crime scene or assessing those around him, often went from the particular to the general and back, moving freely in both logical directions: “John has a military bearing, tanning on his arms only up to the sleeves, a psychosomatic limp, which means he has been in war. Where have there been military operations recently? In Afghanistan. So, in the war in Afghanistan.”

However, his main conclusions were deductive and arose in the head of the great detective when he was tormenting his violin or thinking while smoking a pipe. At these moments, Sherlock Holmes turned to his phenomenal knowledge of history and criminology and classified the case based on the “family tree of crimes.” He assigned him a place in the group: “Murder over an inheritance,” “Murder out of jealousy,” “Theft of a will,” etc. This provided a motive, and the motive provided suspects. This was the essence of Sherlock Holmes' deductive method. Induction gave him food for thought, while deduction gave him the answer.

There are many exercises to train logical thinking. For example, “Concepts in order”, within which it is necessary to arrange several words from particular meanings to general ones or vice versa. Chess or poker may also be useful. In addition, it is important to learn to avoid logical errors in judgments, having studied them, for example, in the book by Avenir Uemov “Logical errors. How they prevent you from thinking correctly.”

How to raise a detective in yourself

To learn to notice details, interpret them correctly and not be distracted during observations and analysis, you will need exercises to develop voluntary and involuntary attention, as well as training in flexibility of thinking.

Involuntary attention is a system of reaction to stimuli, a kind of “lateral vision” with regard to the perception of reality. To develop it, you can make it a rule to observe familiar objects and places with a lack of lighting and different sound backgrounds (in natural conditions, with pleasant music and with sharp unpleasant sounds), and also get used to noting details that attract attention when moving from one view to another. activities to others. This allows you to cultivate sensitivity to fluctuations in reality and learn not to miss curious details that may turn out to be the key to a situation or a person’s character.

Voluntary attention, or simply concentration, also plays a role huge role is to develop the ability to think clearly. On average, thanks to volitional effort, a person is able to maintain attention on an object for only 20 minutes. To increase this indicator, training with the so-called “Entertaining Table” and its analogues is suitable. Each such table is a structure with chaotically located and differently depicted numbers from 1 to 35 or from 1 to 90. The task is to find all the numbers in ascending or descending order, spending least amount time.

You can also train attention to detail by making it a habit to observe strangers: at work, on the street, on social networks. In this case, it is important to evaluate a person from different angles, giving several options for answering questions about what profession he can engage in, what his Family status, character and habits. This will allow you to develop flexibility of thinking and stop each time being satisfied with a single answer option, which may be more likely to be incorrect.

However, the main secret of devilish observation seems to lie not in the amount of training, but in the presence of strong interest. Indeed, with an increase in the emotional value of the subject of study and the emergence of work experience sufficient to automate actions, a person develops so-called post-voluntary attention, the focus of which can not weaken for hours. It was post-voluntary attention that allowed Sherlock Holmes to solve crimes. It also helps scientists make discoveries, writers find the best formulations, etc. In addition, the presence of post-voluntary attention is also pleasant: it relieves the psyche, since the brain stops wasting energy on maintaining focus and can devote energy to solving assigned tasks.

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Sherlock Holmes doesn't just think slowly - he understands that it is necessary to separate objective and subjective thinking. When you see a person, you inevitably form associations with him and quickly decide whether he is good or bad. An exercise that Sherlock would use to combat this is to ask: “What is it about what I think and feel that is my subjective assessment? I will just keep that in mind when forming my real opinion.”

In addition, if we want to evaluate the surrounding reality more objectively, we need to realize every time why we made this or that judgment, and check ourselves by finding out from the person himself, his friends or on the Internet whether we were right or wrong. This opportunity is not always available, so for training you can use video courses posted on the Internet. Within their framework, you can observe the participants in special skits, evaluate whether they are lying or not, and then find out the correct answer.

Doctors and lawyers use logical thinking skills and the habit of staying focused at all times, but such abilities are useful in any profession. Even for writers, it is important to understand people and be able to focus on work without constantly checking email or social media. While working on the book A Remarkable Mind, for example, I realized that I have no habit of maintaining focus. I tried to force myself not to be distracted by the Internet, but it was incredibly difficult. Then I installed the Freedom program on my computer, which blocks the global network for a specified time: from two minutes to eight hours. This helped me a lot. We can remember that Sherlock Holmes also deliberately created conditions for his thinking process: he played the violin, smoked a pipe, and even kicked out Dr. Watson so that he would not interfere with him.

But what to do when we cannot isolate ourselves from external conditions? Conan Doyle seems to help answer this question as well. Many people say that Sherlock Holmes was cold, but this is not true: he has all the same emotions as any other person, but he knows how to push them aside and perceive the situation without a subjective assessment. This skill needs to be cultivated specifically. To do this, you can keep a notebook with two or three columns: “Objective observations,” “Subjective assessments,” and “What may be a subjective assessment.” Holmes kept all this in his mind, but we need to take notes before it becomes a habit.

I think in modern world There are fewer Sherlock Holmes investigations due to the dominance of technology. Instead of trying to use logic to figure out whether a suspect is lying, we try to estimate the speed of his heartbeat or analyze the functioning of his brain. However, in my opinion, we know too little about the brain to rely entirely on existing technologies for analyzing its reactions.

Admit it, did you read stories about Sherlock Holmes as a child? Did you admire his remarkable intellect, unshakable logic and ability to find a solution even in the most difficult situation?

We are confident that anyone can develop their brain and become at least as smart as the most famous detective of the 20th century. You will find books that will help you achieve this. . And now we are publishing several exercises from them.

Developing logical thinking

The brain is plastic, which means that the more you train it, the more capable it becomes of a particular activity. To develop logical thinking, it is necessary to solve riddles and puzzles, such as in the popular television game “What? Where? When?". You will find similar tasks in the book“What to do in the evening with your family at the dacha without the Internet”. Here are some examples:

Answer:

The women in these figures showed the doctor exactly where their pain was. Showing oneself was considered indecent.

Answer:

To combat the theft of finished products from factories.

Answer:

These are the underground passages of the anthill.

We answer non-standard questions

Intellectual games and logic riddles- This is a very useful activity for training the brain. An equally effective way to become smarter is to answer non-standard questions. Just like in the book"Tricky question".

John Farndon says that applicants to Oxford and Cambridge may be asked something unusual in their entrance exams, such as “How small can a computer be?”, “Why do people need two eyes?”, “Can a sailing yacht go faster than the wind?” or “What happens if you drop an ant?”

According to the author, such questions teach one to think and analyze. Which is what he suggests we do. Farndon gives his answers, but this does not mean that only they are correct. You can think for yourself first and only then read them.

For example, this is how a writer talks about whether his bag will ever be empty:

“Will the bag be empty when I remove all visible objects from it? Not at all. In addition to dust, crumbs, scraps of paper and millions of microorganisms, it is full of air, which takes up all the free space.

What happens if you throw your bag into open space so that all the gas contained in it flies out into interstellar space? It won't be empty anyway. Even in the emptiest of empty places in space, there are several hydrogen atoms in every cubic meter. Therefore, most likely, a couple of atoms will still be found in the bag.

Airless space is not really like that -

But if I suddenly figured out how to catch and extract these atoms, I would suddenly discover the futility of my efforts. According to the laws of physics, my ideally empty bag is actually overflowing with bubbling quantum energy produced by particles and waves appearing and disappearing.”

Training your memory

Sherlock didn't remember that the Earth revolved around the Sun, but it wasn't because he had a bad memory. He consciously cleared his brain of information that seemed unnecessary to him. At the same time, he could reproduce what is written in the third paragraph of the “Code of Punishments of the British Empire”, or talk about the characteristics of the ashes from 140 different varieties of tobacco.

Can you boast of such a memory? If not, this practical guide will help you train it."Remember everything". Extraordinary advice from the book:

How to remember the name of your interlocutor

Imagine that you are visiting a friend who likes to throw parties. You are immediately introduced to Roman, a man of average height in a skinny light shirt. Roman smiles, says what is customary in such cases, and you answer, following standard procedures.

In fact, remembering the name of a new friend is not that difficult.

Trying to remember the name of a new acquaintance, you remember your old friend Roma. The following picture unfolds in your imagination: an enraged Roma bursts into the room, sweeping away everything in his path, and hits your interlocutor Roman in the face with a flourish, so that the latter loses his balance and overturns the table. Glasses of red wine spill, wine soaks into his shirt...

It will take four seconds to scroll through such a situation in your mind, and the echo of Roman’s last words - injured in the imagination, but continuing the conversation in reality - will still sound. You will be able to continue the conversation.

Our short-term memory filters are not very good at distinguishing a real event from an imaginary one, so the situation you pictured in your mind will almost completely transfer into long-term memory.

Let us now assume that before you have time to leave Roman, you are introduced to Alevtina Denisovna. Let's say that among your acquaintances there is no Alevtina, but there is Denis. You imagine how you call him at home, and this same Alevtina answers the phone, and mentally you move to the place that you associate with Denis, and you see Alevtina there, saying “Ale!”

In this case we did the following. Firstly, they remembered that her name includes the elements “Denis” and “Ale”. This will allow us to collect full name whenever we want. Secondly, we tied the image to another location in case we had to meet someone else in this room.

Has it ever happened that you were introduced to several people at once? So, meet: Vladimir, Evgeny, Sergey, Boris, Nastya and Angelica. In such a situation, the only option is to take the first associations that come across for each of them: Vladimir is the namesake of Vladimir Klitschko, Evgeniy is main character“Eugene Onegina”, Sergey is my friend with the same name, Boris - we imagine that he has several Barberry candies in his mouth, Nastya - that’s the name of his niece, Anzhelika - a classmate.

That's it, the forced march is over. When you are presented with six people at once, leave clues for each. You can then strengthen the associations, add places like in the examples above, and repeat all the names again.

Learning to be more attentive

In the modern world it is very difficult to be completely focused on one thing. Numerous distractions weaken our ability to discard unnecessary things, notice important details and analyze them. As you know, Sherlock Holmes mastered this skill perfectly. And if you want to become as smart as a great detective, then you will have to devote time to mindfulness training. This book will help you cope with this task."Maximum concentration". Advice from it:

How to refuse people

We are afraid to refuse others due to fear of missing out, guilt, or the habit of being nice. But you have to learn the art of saying no. Here are some examples to get you started.

“I already have plans. Thank you for thinking about me."

“Sorry, but I can’t. I feel uncomfortable".

“I’m already working on several projects and I can’t take on anything else for now.”

“I’m running out of time right now. Let's do it later?"

“My schedule is now scheduled minute by minute!”

One of the most famous techniques is the “broken record.” Its principle is as follows. Let's say someone comes into your office and persistently invites you to lunch.

Colleague: “Let’s go have some coffee. Come back and finish everything quickly.”

You: “No, I can’t. I need to work now."

Colleague: “Let's go! You are not a slave. You deserve a break."

You: “No, really. I want to work."

Colleague: “Your eyes need a break from the screen.”

You: “Thank you for your concern. I really need to work."

The essence of this technique comes down to the fact that the less you say, the faster you achieve what you want. You don't sidetrack the conversation.

We are looking for non-standard solutions

A truly smart person is capable of not only thinking logically, but also being creative. This helps to break patterns, look at a problem from different angles and find a solution even in situations that seem hopeless to most people. This book will teach you to think outside the box."Rice Storm".

Now try to apply the Leonardo da Vinci method, which the author of the book describes.

Leonardo da Vinci's method

Leonardo da Vinci's way of developing ideas was to close his eyes, completely relax, and scribble random lines and scribbles on a piece of paper. Then he opened his eyes and looked for images and nuances, objects and phenomena in the drawing. Many of his inventions were born from such sketches.

Here is an action plan on how you can use Leonardo da Vinci's method in your work:

Write the problem down on a piece of paper and think about it for a few minutes.

Relax. Give your intuition the opportunity to create images that reflect the current situation. You don't need to know what the drawing will look like before you draw it.

Give shape to your task by defining its boundaries. They can be of any size and take the shape you want.

Practice drawing unconsciously. Let the lines and scribbles dictate how you draw and arrange them.

If the result does not satisfy you, take another sheet of paper and make another drawing, and then another - as many as needed.

Explore your drawing. Write down the first word that comes to mind regarding each image, each squiggle, line, or structure.

Tie all the words together by writing a short note. Now see how what you wrote relates to your task. Have new ideas emerged?

Be attentive to the questions that arise in your mind. For example: “What is this?”, “Where did this come from?” If you feel the need to find answers to specific questions, then you are on the right path leading to solving the problem.

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It is impossible to intuitively know everything in life. But in some situations, it is intuition that plays a decisive role. When you are trying to make a judgment about a relationship with a person or making an important decision in life, you use intuition. To “figure out” another person and understand how he lives and what are the motives for his actions, you can learn several intuitive techniques from the famous detective.

Trust your intuition

According to Sherlock Holmes, it is easier to know something than to explain why you know it. For example, everyone knows that twice . But if you are asked to prove it, you may find yourself in a difficult situation. At the same time, you know that this is a fact.

Many people perceive intuition as something crazy and unreliable. In the history of mankind there are many cases of the use of intuition for mystical purposes. Oracles, witches, sorcerers, and prophets resorted to her. The reputation of this excellent quality has been greatly undermined by charlatans. But this does not mean that intuition is not an important and valuable part of human thinking - provided that it is accompanied by analysis, the study of facts and evidence.

The experience of many years accumulates in the unconscious. In moments of danger or when you need to make a quick decision, you listen to the voice of your intuition.

Intuition differs from logic in that you don't have to prove anything step by step. The solution or answer comes instantly. But in the case of Sherlock Holmes, such an instant solution to the problem was given thanks to long experience and habit.

Learn to “read” people

You can understand how a person feels, whether he is lying or not, by observing him. Their body language can tell a lot about people. Just keep in mind that some people can be great actors and deceivers. Don't rely only on gestures and facial expressions, but use other methods of deduction.

Learn to distinguish lies from truth. This is a very important quality of Sherlock Holmes.

Watch people in their daily activities while sitting on a park bench or at a table in a cafe. This way you will learn a lot about their habits, personalities, manners and interactions with other people.

Improve your powers of observation

One of the most distinctive features Sherlock Holmes' character was that he noticed things that other people couldn't see. Moreover, he argued that all this is very obvious and elementary.

People often panic, rush, and simply pass by. But Sherlock Holmes took the time to notice important and remarkable details.

Even if you are simply able to remain cool and calm in a rush situation, you are already ahead of many people.
If you do not have this quality innately, then you can develop it, but it will take time. Learn to be self-confident, pay attention to what surrounds you, rely on common sense.

Hone your main senses: vision, hearing, smell. It is through them that you receive the most information. But a person gets so used to these organs of perception that he often takes them for granted. Don't rush to jump to conclusions about the information you receive. Let every organ of perception become more refined.

Develop insight by noticing valuable details. Not every little thing is important. Notice only what is out of the ordinary and truly important.

Practice on pictures where you need to find the differences, confusion, labyrinths, with hidden words or images. Take your time and don't panic, but try to do everything faster every time.

Test your powers of observation. Ask yourself how many steps led up to the house you just visited, what plants were on the windowsills, what color the curtains were and what pattern they had. Learn to notice as many details as you can.

Find time to relax

Sherlock Holmes was a good detective, but he also liked to relax. One can engage in deduction and observation only within reasonable human limits. The mind, observation and ability to concentrate can suffer significantly if you do not take a break in time and gain new strength. Plan time for partying and lazing around.

Be careful, there are many spoilers in the article!

The third episode of the second season is fascinating. Drama, dialogues - everything is at the highest level. For example, only on my second viewing did I notice that the final dialogue between Sherlock and Moriarty on the roof lasts 25 minutes. That's a quarter of the length of the entire series! Would anyone dare to say that the episode was drawn out and boring? But in fact, two people are just standing there and talking.)
Okay, these are all lyrics, but the most main question: "How?" How did Sherlock stay alive? Of course, ideally, to complete the intrigue, he should not have been shown at the last second of the film, so that the audience would suffer for a year in fear - “has he really died?” But we saw him alive, and now we know absolutely for sure that Sherlock is alive.
How did he manage to stay alive? They didn’t hide anything from us, we saw, together with Watson, that Sherlock stepped from the roof, we saw him fly, we heard the terrifying slap of his body on the pavement, we saw a corpse and a bloody face. How?!!
To figure it out, let's unravel the tangle back.
A grandiose performance took place before us, a very complex and truly dangerous performance, with the participation of many people, carefully prepared in advance by Sherlock. Brother Mycroft is involved, with his secret services, who unwittingly exposed Sherlock to a fatal blow, and now she is simply obliged to help him escape.
Remember. Episodes take place in a taxi and in the journalist’s house, Sherlock understands that he is in danger of death and what Moriarty’s words “I have one more thing left” mean. And from that moment on, he starts a counter-game. He comes to Molly and asks for help. He says in plain text:

Quote:

Sherlock: "Molly, I think I'm going to die."
Molly: What do you need?
Sherlock: You.

Did you think Holmes was tricking her into sex? He needs Molly's help in staging his own death! She must prepare a corpse that will be passed off as Sherlock, and then she will have to sign the autopsy and death certificate.
Moriarty and Sherlock meet on the roof. Have you noticed that the meeting takes place at the place appointed by Holmes, that is, on his territory! And second. On what roof? This is the roof of St. Bartolomeo's Hospital, where Molly works! Where everything is prepared for the performance.
The fake call about misfortune with Mrs. Hadso is the work of Sherlock and not Moriarty. Watson must retire for a while, and arrive only when his presence is needed.


Moriarty and Sherlock are talking. Have you seen Holmes's look? During a conversation, he practically does not look at the enemy, he constantly examines and checks whether everything is in order in the prepared action.


So he goes to the edge and looks down. Oh, you didn’t pay attention to that rectangle on the asphalt, did you? This marks the place where a car will drive up, supposedly with garbage bags, but in fact with prepared shock absorbers, on which Sherlock will have to jump.


Frame of the denouement. Holmes moves to the edge to jump. Look at the marks on the side where he places his foot. The fact is that he must jump from a precisely marked point.
Watson arrives by taxi. Sherlock immediately begins manipulation.
-Turn around and go back!
-Stop! Stay here and don't move!
Sherlock from above places Watson at a point where he cannot see the place of his future fall. So, Watson fixed in his eyes big picture. Now:
-Don't take your eyes off me!
This is the main technique of all magicians. They force the viewer to look at the desired point and not see what is happening outside their field of vision. At this moment, a car with bags arrives below, on which Sherlock will jump. But Watson no longer sees this; he does not look away from the man standing on the roof.


Flight down. Laugh at those who say that maybe Sherlock threw a mannequin or Moriarty's body from the roof. No, it's himself. But this fall is not suicide. He spread his arms and legs for maximum sail, and opened his coat. At the same time, the prepared corpse is thrown out of the second floor window, which is closed from Watson. The dead man falls on the sidewalk, Sherlock falls on the bags in the car, the car immediately drives away.


Here's a still from the film. A car that pulled up a few seconds before the jump, Sherlock lands in it, the car drives away, leaving a corpse on the sidewalk.


But it’s too early to let Watson near the scene. A cyclist appears on the scene, knocks Watson down and lightly lands him on the asphalt. Moreover, after this, Watson becomes completely out of his mind, half asleep. The fact is that at the moment of the collision, the cyclist injects him, and Watson loses control of his consciousness.


View of the scene literally three seconds after the fall. A crowd of doctors, nurses and police officers instantly gathers around the body. In three seconds! They are all people from Mycroft's department. Their main goal is to drench the body in blood, keep Watson away from the corpse, and take the body to the hospital as quickly as possible.


For example, “doctor in civilian clothes.” In a suit, without a robe, but for some reason with a stethoscope. Clearly an English “bloody secret” from Mycroft’s department.


The stunned Watson is given the opportunity to touch his hand for a moment to make sure there is no pulse, and then he is literally torn away from the dead man.


Look how skillfully they block Watson's attempts to get closer to the dead man. A crowd has gathered around the scene, but only Watson is literally pulled away from the deceased!


And so the body is turned over to show Watson’s face from a distance of several steps. We see the dead Sherlock's face, splattered with blood. But this is definitely Sherlock! - you exclaim, how can this be?! Maybe it’s enough to remember the beginning of the series, the episode with the kidnapping of the girl and how scared she was of Holmes. Moriarty used a silicone mask with Sherlock's face during the abduction. Holmes found it, and now the mask is placed on the dead man's face. Watson is put into such a state that he is unable to see the substitution. This was also the need for the appearance of a cyclist. It was necessary to slow down Watson and give time to those who ran up to the corpse to put a mask on the dead man. It was dangerous to throw it down with a mask that had been put on in advance; it could be damaged if it fell.
The performance is over, the orderlies with a stretcher understand the body and take it to the hospital, to Molly, who will draw up a false autopsy report and cause of death. The sniper carefully examines Watson through his telescopic sight. What he sees satisfies him, there is no deception, Sherlock really died and Watson is beside himself with grief. This means that three people will not die today. Sherlock's death saved them...

There is no doubt that Sherlock Holmes is talented. But is this exactly what brings him success? I have always admired Sherlock Holmes, the eccentric but brilliant English detective. From the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the recently released film starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, this character has always been a source of intense interest.

However, he is successful not only due to his innate talent. Of course, he is known for his incredible powers of inference and the many ingenious mysteries he has solved that at first glance seem to be the most ordinary cases, such as a drug overdose or an inaccurate shot at a target. But although he has flaws, he achieves success by combining his other qualities with his talent.

A professional in any field knows that in order to make it in life, you cannot rely on talent alone. By following the pages of the Sherlock Holmes books, we can learn several lessons that will help us be successful in our work.

1. Details of the case

No matter what incarnation Sherlock Holmes appears in, he best quality is a precise eye that sees all the details. Nothing escapes him. Sherlock Holmes can, when seeing a person for the first time, tell where he has been, what he has been doing, and at least a few interesting details about the person and his habits, simply by observing him.
If you pay attention to detail, as Sherlock Holmes did, you will see that almost nothing escapes you. For example, you will be able to predict the wishes of your bosses or the questions of clients, knowing their habits and character. Cultivating patience and training your eye for this type of deduction will take time, but the more you do it, the faster you will get the hang of it. This quality is valuable not just for one occasion, it will make your work easier in the future.

2. Some riddles cannot be solved

The stories at the end of Holmes' investigations leave more unanswered questions than there were in the movies or TV shows.
In crime, as in life, there are often more questions than answers. But Holmes doesn't think it's a bad thing. He is not annoyed that he cannot find answers to all questions. Instead, he finds it interesting and saves the information for the future. The puzzle is what matters most to Holmes. If the matter were neatly resolved, he would lose interest, he would be bored without a puzzle in his hands. The never-ending nature of the puzzle keeps him interested in the work.
This is how you should behave in relation to work. It should be a puzzle to be solved, a question to be answered. It should push your brain to come up with new and creative solutions to a problem. If you are not interested in your work, then you are either busy with something other than your own business, or you are not motivated enough.

3. Partners are required

As we know, Holmes' partner, assistant and friend is Watson. He is also the spectator and narrator of the particularly interesting adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Whatever you do, it's good to have an accomplice (or colleague) or at least someone to talk to. Is your partner fully involved in the matter, or is he just giving you hints? Right way, or simply nods and listens to your complaints, in any case, such cooperation benefits you. Even the brilliant Sherlock Holmes needs someone nearby with whom he can discuss new idea, and of all the techniques and tools for Holmes, the constant presence of Watson is the most useful.

4. The importance of your reputation

Holmes gets a lot of cases because he wants them. This is his passion. However, people also come to Holmes with their problems for a simple reason - they have heard that this is not just a job for him.
You should do the same, regardless of your field of activity. In sports, teams acquire players based on their reputation and statistics. Many jobs require letters of recommendation because they describe a person's character and abilities. Whatever you do, your work will have an impact on the future. People will still know how you did the job. If you perform poorly, employers and clients will avoid you. If you do a good job, they will come looking for you.

5. There are always different ways to solve a problem

Sherlock Holmes always uses different approaches to solve a problem. Sometimes he appears incognito and asks the right questions. Sometimes he sits all night, smoking a pipe and thinking about a problem. And in other cases, he resorts to deception in order to see the full picture of the crime.
If the path leads to a dead end, Holmes still does not stop. He's going down a different path. Take note of this. I'm not suggesting that you use certain approaches that Sherlock Holmes used to solve a particular case, although if they help, use them too. I think you have to find your own approaches. And if they turn out to be incorrect, try to find more and more. There are always several ways out.

Conclusion

There are many lessons you can learn from Sherlock Holmes that will help you in life and work. These are just a few of them. But no matter what talents Sherlock Holmes had, you need to understand that it was his passion for work that made him the best detective. If you have the same passion, success is guaranteed.