Is simplicity so difficult to understand?
Life is simple: Are you happy?
1) Yes: keep going 2) No: Change something
The most devastating question
In an apparently comic strip, Snoopy asks the more challenging question in the universe.
Try to answer… 🙂
How many petals around the rose?
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GAME OBJECTIVES
I was introduced to “Petals Around the Rose” by Dr. Richard Duke at the University of Michigan . Dr. Duke used to begin each of his gaming/simulation courses with this exercise. While some students would solve the problem right away, others would struggle all semester. It had taken Dr. Duke well over a year himself, and he would always explain that the smarter you were, the longer it took to figure it out.
The game is quite simple. Only a basic understanding of math is required and an open and creative mind. The game can be used as an example of how different people look at the world differently, and how these different ways of looking can yield different answers. In “Petals Around the Rose” there is always one correct answer. The problem is how we define the problem.
GAME INSTRUCTIONS
Press the “Roll” button to get started.
Enter how many petals you think are around the rose.
Press the “Check” button to check your answer.
Repeat steps 1-3 until you can get it right every time!
Once you have figured it out, don’t spoil the fun for others…let them figure it out for themselves!
What is paradise?
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges
How big are your problems?
“When you complain about how big your problems are, try to put them in the right perspective”
Bruno Medicina
The fundamental factor of self-deception
“The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
The real measure of your wealth
“The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.” Anonymous
Unbelievable coaching session :-)
The most extraordinary coaching session I’ve ever seen…
Please don’t tell me anymore that “Why?” is not a good coaching question. :-)))))
papa, can we play outside? – no.
why? because it’s 5:00 in the morning.
it’s too early.
why? the sun hasn’t come up yet.
why? because the sun comes up later.
why? well, the earth goes around, and when it turns a certn amount, the sun shows on the horizon.
why? i don’t know.
why? why don’t you know, papa? because i didn’t pay attention in school, okay? i didn’t listen in class.
why? because i was high all the time.
i smoked too much pot.
why? i didn’t think it would matter.
why? i just figured my life would come together on its own.
but then i met your mom, and you came along.
so now i work at the muffler shop.
why? well, it’s too late for me to pursue a career now, and since your mom has a job with benefits i stay home and i take care of you, ’cause what i make is pretty much just a joke.
why? well, the service economy replaced manufacturing and here’s no real jobs in america anymore.
why? we had good jobs for a while, but it’s just ’cause we were lucky and now we’re unlucky.
why? it’s just the way it goes.
why? ’cause god is dead and we’re alone.
okay.
Training vs Education
“To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.”
James P. Carse, Finite and Infinite Games: 
A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Donald in Mathmagic Land!
Sacred Geometry In Walt Disney Cartoon!
I never though I could learn Pythagorean principles from Donald Duck! 🙂
