Finding THE COMMON GROUND Before COMING TO ANY SOLUTION IS THE ONLY WAY to Solve any Problem.
A father
left 17 camels, as the inheritance for his three sons.
When the
father passed away, his sons opened up the will.
The Will
stated that THE ELDEST SON SHOULD GET HALF of 17
camels while THE MIDDLE
SON SHOULD BE GIVEN 1/3RD
(ONE-THIRD) & THE
YOUNGEST SON SHOULD BE GIVEN 1/9TH
(ONE-NINTH) of the 17 camels.
As it is
not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three
sons started to quarrel with each other.
So, the
three sons decided to go to a wise woman.
The wise
woman listened patiently about the Will.
The wise
young woman, after giving some thought, brought one camel of her own and added
the same to 17. That increased the total to 18 camels.
Now, she
started reading the deceased father’s will.
Half of 18
= 9.
So she
gave the eldest son 9 camels
1/3rd of
18 = 6.
So she
gave the middle son 6 camels
1/9th of
18 = 2.
So she
gave the youngest son 2 camels.
Now add
this up: 9 plus 6 plus 2 is 17, and this
left one camel, which the wise woman took away.
LEARNING 1
The
attitude of negotiation and problem solving is :
To find
the 18th camel, i.e. the COMMON GROUND.
Once a
person is able to find the 18th camel, that is
the COMMON GROUND……ANY ISSUE
GETS RESOLVED.
It is
difficult at times to find the COMMON GROUND.
But the
spirit is this only
LEARNING 2
To reach
any solution of any problem….
First step
is to believe that there
is a solution.
Otherwise
there won’t be any!- Author Unknown
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