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,Music:TheMoment.,Originalauthor：M.K.Gandhi,ThinkOfASolution,思考解決方案,按滑鼠換頁clickforslidesadvance,Dearfriends,couldyouthinkofasolution?親愛的朋友們，你能想出一個解決方案嗎？,ManyyearsagoinasmallIndianvillage,afarmerhadthemisfortuneofowingalargesumofmoneytoafemalevillagemoneylender.Thefemalemoneylender,whowasold,fatandugly,fanciedthefarmershandsomeson,Cliff.很多年前在印度一個小村落中，有位農夫不幸欠了村中一名女放債人一大筆金錢。這位女債主既老又肥又醜，她喜愛農夫英俊的兒子，克里夫。,BoththefarmerandhissonwerehorrifiedbytheProposal.農夫和他的兒子被這個協議嚇壞了。,Sosheproposedabargain.Shesaidshewouldforegothefarmersdebtifshecouldmarryhisson.於是她提出了一個協議。她說，如果她能夠嫁給他的兒子，她將放棄農夫的債務。,狡猾的女債主建議，讓上帝來決定這件事。她告訴他們，她將一粒黑色和一粒白色鵝卵石放到一個空錢袋中。然後兒子必須從錢袋中拿出一粒鵝卵石。,ThecunningfemalemoneylendersuggestedthattheyletProvidencedecidethematter.Shetoldthemthatshewouldputablackpebbleandawhitepebbleintoanemptymoneybag.Thenthesonwouldhavetopickonepebblefromthebag.,Ifhepickedtheblackpebble,hewouldbecomeherhusbandandherfathersdebtwouldbeforgiven.Ifhepickedthewhitepebbleheneednotmarryherandhisfathersdebtwouldstillbeforgiven.Butifherefusedtopickapebble,hisfatherwouldbethrownintoJail.,如果他挑選的是黑色鵝卵石，他將成為她的丈夫，父親的債務將得到豁免。如果他挑選的是白色鵝卵石，他不必和她結婚，父親的債務仍然可以免除。但是如果他拒絕挑選鵝卵石，他的父親將被關進監獄。,Theywerestandingonapebble-strewnpathinthefarmersfield.Astheytalked,themoneylenderbentovertopickuptwopebbles.Asshepickedthemup,thesharp-eyedsonnoticedthatshehadpickeduptwoblackpebblesandputthemintothebag.Shethenaskedthesontopickapebblefromthebag.他們站在農夫牧場一條鋪著鵝卵石的路上。當他們談論著的時候，女債主彎下腰去挑選了兩粒鵝卵石。在她挑選時，眼尖的兒子發現，她拿了兩粒黑色鵝卵石放進袋子中。然後，她要兒子從袋子中挑選一粒鵝卵石。,Now,imaginethatyouwerestandinginthefield.Whatwouldyouhavedoneifyouweretheson?Ifyouhadtoadvisehim,whatwouldyouhavetoldhim?現在，設想你站在該地。如果你是兒子，你該怎麼做？如果你必須向兒子提供建議，那麼你將告訴他什麼？,Carefulanalysiswouldproducethreepossibilities:仔細分析會產生三種可能：Thesonshouldrefusetotakeapebble.兒子應該拒絕選取鵝花石。Thesonshouldshowthatthereweretwoblackpebblesinthebagandexposethemoneylenderasalying,backstabbingfemalecheat.兒子應該表明，袋子中都是黑色鵝卵石，揭露債主謊言，反擊該女人的欺詐。Thesonshouldpickablackpebbleandsacrificehimselfinordertosavehisfatherfromhisdebtandimprisonment.兒子應該選擇黑色卵石犧牲自己，以拯救他父親的債務和監禁。,Takeamomenttoponderoverthestory.Theabovestoryisusedwiththehopethatitwillmakeusappreciatethedifferencebetweenlateralandlogicalthinking.藉此機會來深思故事。上述故事是希望我們體會橫向思考和邏輯思維之間的差異。,Thesonsdilemmacannotbesolvedwithtraditionallogicalthinking.Thinkoftheconsequencesifhechoosestheabovelogicalanswers.兒子的困境不可能以傳統邏輯思維得到解決。如果他選擇上述邏輯的答案，想想後果吧。,Well,hereiswhathedid.好吧！瞧他是怎麼做的.,Whatwouldyourecommendtothesontodo請問你建議兒子該怎麼辦？,Thesonputhishandintothemoneybaganddrewoutapebble.Withoutlookingatit,hefumbledandletitfallontothepebble-strewnpathwhereitimmediatelybecamelostamongalltheotherpebbles.兒子把手伸進錢袋中，拿出了一粒鵝卵石。還沒看，一個沒拿穩就掉落到鋪滿鵝卵石的路上，它立刻掉進所有鵝卵石中不見了。,Oh,howclumsyofme,hesaid.Butnevermind,ifyoulookintothebagfortheonethatisleft,youwillbeabletotellwhichpebbleIpicked.噢，我怎麼這麼笨他說。但是沒關係，只要你看袋子中剩下的鵝卵石，就可以知道我挑選是那種顏色的鵝卵石了。,Sincetheremainingpebbleisblack,itmustbeassumedthathehadpickedthewhiteone.Andsincethemoneylenderdarednotadmitherdishonesty,thesonchangedwhatseemedanimpossiblesituationintoanextremelyadvantageousone.由於剩下的鵝卵石是黑色的，必須假定他選擇了白色。而且由於債主不敢承認自己的不誠實，兒子改變了一個不可能的處境成為極為有利情況。,MORALOFTHESTORY故事的寓意,Mostcomplexproblemsdohavesolutions.最複雜的問題亦有解決辦法。Itisonlythatwedontattempttothink.這只是我們沒有嘗試去思考。Amanisbutaproductofhisthoughts.一個人的想法就是一種創意。,THEEND,ThinkOfASolution,HAVEANICEDAY!,
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