To start your day with a thinking exercise.
This is too thought provoking not to share. Hope you
enjoy. The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and
tells whether you are qualified to be a "professional".
Scroll down for each answer. The questions are not that
difficult.
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> 2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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> Wrong Answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant
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> Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the
giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests
your ability to think through the repercussions of your
actions.
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> 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the
animals attend
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> Correct Answer: The Elephant. The Elephant is in the
refrigerator. This tests your memory. OK, even if you did
not answer the first three questions, correctly, you still
have one more chance to show your abilities.
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> 4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited
by crocodiles.
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> Correct Answer: You swim across. All the Crocodiles are
attending the
> Animal Meeting! This tests whether you learn quickly from
your mistakes.
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> According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of
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> professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But
many preschoolers
> got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says
this conclusively
> disproves the theory that most professionals have the
brains of a four
> year old.
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Alan Bredbury
Clinton, Ct.
1974 GMC 26' Classic Motorhome
http://www.finesttool.com/index.html/special.htm
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This is too thought provoking not to share. Hope you
enjoy. The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and
tells whether you are qualified to be a "professional".
Scroll down for each answer. The questions are not that
difficult.
>
> 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the
giraffe and close the door. This question tests whether you
tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
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> 2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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> Wrong Answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant
and close the refrigerator.
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>
>
> Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the
giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests
your ability to think through the repercussions of your
actions.
>
>
>
>
> 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the
animals attend
> except one. Which animal does not attend?
>
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> Correct Answer: The Elephant. The Elephant is in the
refrigerator. This tests your memory. OK, even if you did
not answer the first three questions, correctly, you still
have one more chance to show your abilities.
>
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> 4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited
by crocodiles.
> How do you manage it?
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> Correct Answer: You swim across. All the Crocodiles are
attending the
> Animal Meeting! This tests whether you learn quickly from
your mistakes.
>
>
>
> According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of
the
> professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But
many preschoolers
> got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says
this conclusively
> disproves the theory that most professionals have the
brains of a four
> year old.
=====
Alan Bredbury
Clinton, Ct.
1974 GMC 26' Classic Motorhome
http://www.finesttool.com/index.html/special.htm
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere!
http://mail.yahoo.com/